Are there any reddit-like discussion forums popular among Japanese people?
Posted Jan 13, 2018, 6:31 PM UTC
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more like 4chan than reddit but https://www.2chan.net/
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2chan is remarkably hard to read because of the slang and writing style. It’s super fun to browse though.
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NSFW.
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To be fair only 95% of 2chan is NSFW...
The other 5% is not safe for anywhere
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All the more reason to warn people who never visited the site, then.
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Think of it like natto, they will never know if they like it if don't trick them into trying it.
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It's really important to note that 2chan.net is not 2channel, which is the most popular text based message board in Japan and closer to Reddit than 4chan.
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Not a 100% answer since it is not "like reddit but Japanese". Instead, it is "reddit in Japanese": https://www.reddit.com//r/ja/wiki/subreddits_ja
I also have been following japanese Instagram users and reading their comments which is nice. Here's a list of some accounts I follow: https://www.reddit.com/user/__irrelephant__/comments/7o2gsp/some_instagram_links/
But I have been wondering the exact same thing and am hoping that there will be some interesting replies in here.
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5チャンネル (formerly 2チャンネル) https://5ch.net/
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Not sure if popular, but r/newsokur/
Then again, posting there might be a bad idea. Wouldn't make a lot of sense for people outside of Brasil to post on r/Brasil either. But I guess just lurking is alright.
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r/newsokur/ is one of most popular sub, but it is bad idea to post things unless you are absolutely sure what you are doing. The subreddit is based on 2chan's news threads. Not all of them are very friendly either.
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The threads like the Monday game thread are usually pretty good things to post in where no one will bother you
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I've only ever been downvoted in newsokur for being an advocate of nuclear power. They're pretty friendly, unless I'm missing something.
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I've tried to find something like this myself but to no avail. However, the closest thing I could find that launched pretty recently is the Japanese version of Quora (https://jp.quora.com/).
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Not discussion but Q&A: Yahoo!知恵袋
you can get some back and forth and it's more accessible than 5ch
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I mean, there’s 2channel.
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2chan?
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There's none, really. I've asked about a dozen Japanese people about discussion sites but they say they don't know any or just recommend 2ch, which you can only post on if you're in Japan. You will also notice Japanese websites rarely ever have even a comment section, even news sites. I've asked some Japanese why this is, and all they've told me is basically the same thing: "japanese are shy and don't like strangers and don't like sharing their opinions."
So, yeah. This is a reason why I think Japanese is hard to learn, because for those who can't afford a trip/to live there, they essentially have very few ways to interact with natives and utilize the language.
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It's have class site beside 5ch.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/newsokur/wiki/simple_list_ja