Interesting analysis of the…
Interesting analysis of the distinctiveness of the Japanese Web. The biggest cause in my mind has always been bottleneck effect. Japan's Web developed and remains more isolated than any other "free" nation.
If every non-Japanese website disappeared tomorrow, many Japanese would go literal months without noticing. THAT's why its web is different. sabrinas.space
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