> As a JP music fan it makes me happy that so many use youtube these days rather than niconico.
Exactly this, it would be a huge loss if those creators ran away to various obscure Japanese social sites. NicoNico's interface is simply inferior to YouTube's for consuming (they still gate now-ubiquitous UI niceties like thumbnail previews behind a monthly subscription) and it's a huge drag to have to use multiple sites to check everyone's feed for updates. And JP creators frequently have stipulations that their content can't be rehosted anywhere, so you have to fight the bad UX of those obscure sites just to find what you're looking for. It was a coincidental blessing that sites like YouTube Twitter that have (or used to have) a good API and discovery interface saw mass adoption by JP users.
(I know this sounds like an argument against decentralized social networking, because it is.)
Not to mention that JP Twitter really does feel like it has way less drama than the English-speaking side. For me it's just a constant feed of art updates and the occasional meme. Maybe it's because it's impossible for Anglosphere politics to catch on to the same degree over there. It would be a huge loss if a good portion of them moved away.
Exactly this, it would be a huge loss if those creators ran away to various obscure Japanese social sites. NicoNico's interface is simply inferior to YouTube's for consuming (they still gate now-ubiquitous UI niceties like thumbnail previews behind a monthly subscription) and it's a huge drag to have to use multiple sites to check everyone's feed for updates. And JP creators frequently have stipulations that their content can't be rehosted anywhere, so you have to fight the bad UX of those obscure sites just to find what you're looking for. It was a coincidental blessing that sites like YouTube Twitter that have (or used to have) a good API and discovery interface saw mass adoption by JP users.
(I know this sounds like an argument against decentralized social networking, because it is.)
Not to mention that JP Twitter really does feel like it has way less drama than the English-speaking side. For me it's just a constant feed of art updates and the occasional meme. Maybe it's because it's impossible for Anglosphere politics to catch on to the same degree over there. It would be a huge loss if a good portion of them moved away.