Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
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Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
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Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#2My wife runs a website like this on one of the Japanese somewhat social media sites. I say somewhat because it doesn't look much like what we think of as social media.
It's fascinating because she can see who drops by to read her stuff, and she has a significant number of followers, but it's very passive. No comments, no likes, no interaction at all. The only way people can show their support is by subscribing, and even then that's only shown to the admin.
Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#3 Now this should go without saying, but when browsing through these search engines and the sites within them, please respect the people running these sites. You're stepping on their part of the world, not yours, and as such, you will find stuff that you won't necessarily jibe with—or you'll encounter fringe content that, to put it lightly, has a very niche audience; but despite this, respect these people's personal spaces and browse at a distance. I'm pretty sure Westerners already have an abysmal reputation over there due to moral policing (à la Twitter/Tumblr) those who are literally minding their own business—in a completely different continent no less. So don't make things worse for those who are already making an effort in disconnecting from those places where people who would harass them are rampant.
Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#4Now this should go without saying, but when browsing through these search engines and the sites within them, please respect the people running these sites. You're stepping on their part of the world, not yours, and as such, you will find stuff that you won't necessarily jibe with—or you'll encounter fringe content that, to put it lightly, has a very niche audience; but despite this, respect these people's personal sp…
Yeah. Some examples of niche content would be interesting.
Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#5Now this should go without saying, but when browsing through these search engines and the sites within them, please respect the people running these sites. You're stepping on their part of the world, not yours, and as such, you will find stuff that you won't necessarily jibe with—or you'll encounter fringe content that, to put it lightly, has a very niche audience; but despite this, respect these people's personal sp…
What's legal and acceptable in Japan is rather different than anywhere in the West.
As one example, animated or drawn child pornography is perfectly legal there. There have been multiple legal rulings reinforcing that. Western audiences find that horrible, for the most part.
Actual pornography is censored in Japan however, and many of the people I've talked to there find uncensored real pornography to be far more offensive than drawn pornography.
You can also find parasocial writings where people will post their imagined lives with public figures. There are a ton of topics that fall under this advisory. It's a completely different culture, and many people not from there make assumptions about what's acceptable from what is popular wherever they are from. That rarely looks anything like the reality there (and is true for anywhere that happens).
Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#6Now this should go without saying, but when browsing through these search engines and the sites within them, please respect the people running these sites. You're stepping on their part of the world, not yours, and as such, you will find stuff that you won't necessarily jibe with—or you'll encounter fringe content that, to put it lightly, has a very niche audience; but despite this, respect these people's personal sp…
What's legal and acceptable in Japan is rather different than anywhere in the West. As one example, animated or drawn child pornography is perfectly legal there. There have been multiple legal rulings reinforcing that. Western audiences find that horrible, for the most part. Actual pornography is censored in Japan however, and many of the people I've talked to there find uncensored real pornography to be far more off…
I thought of that, really. It's funny how the author dances around that never mentioning what it was about.
Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#7I wonder if there's a desire for a western equivalent with the same rules?
Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#8I wonder if there's a desire for a western equivalent with the same rules?
I sorta doubt it. Anybody who speaks Japanese knows it's really hard to get reliable information on topics searching the Japanese web. You find all these Matome and personal sites that are loose with their sources or unclear with their phrasing. It's interesting because you do actual web "surfing" and learn a lot more interesting things along the way, but it's not good for centralized knowledge or social interaction.
Personal sites still exist in the west, but nobody really seeks them out. I think this is because in the west the "web" and "social media" grew into becoming the same thing, while in Japan people still see them as mostly separate entities.
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#9This was an interesting read. I accidentally do something similar by explicitly denying all automated access via robots.txt. Just like the script, it's not a 100% effective way to keep unwanted attention out, but it's enough to avoid a first-pass attempt.
Midway through the conversation, I thought about what reverse uBlock would look like. Would this look like a firewall, or some other dedicated piece of software?
I would be interested in experimenting with controlling who can link to me on the server side. The level of control is limited, but you don't need to totally disable access to disincentivize looking for it.
Re: Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web
#10Now this should go without saying, but when browsing through these search engines and the sites within them, please respect the people running these sites. You're stepping on their part of the world, not yours, and as such, you will find stuff that you won't necessarily jibe with—or you'll encounter fringe content that, to put it lightly, has a very niche audience; but despite this, respect these people's personal sp…
Yeah. Some examples of niche content would be interesting.
What do you think doujins are?