Japanese women like protected sites(chicagotribune.com)
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Japanese women like protected sites
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/technology/chi-japan-sites-wn-0917-xsep17,0,4027833.story
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Perhaps just the higher cost of joining, i.e. sending a postcard vs filling out an online form, makes people value the site more psychologically.
I suppose lack of raving reviews counts as a negative reception, and perhaps the control over reviewers makes people more likely to post tentative recipes...
Other people like protected sites as well!
It makes sense to me - traditional media is highly controlled and edited, whilst most interactive forums are completely open. Nice to see people developing middle ground alternatives. There must be a better way than snail mail to confirm identity though!
The best way to confirm the identity would properly be to check peoples passports/drivers license. That would prevent trolls.
I think the postcard makes sense to check identities because in Japan each family has a seal (Not trivial to replicate) and they 'sign' correspondence that way.
Never been to Japan, I must have read it somewhere, so reader beware.
Never been to Japan, I must have read it somewhere, so reader beware.
The postcard, like using a .edu email, is just a barrier to entry. The seal functions as a signature, and asking for it in a postcard would be very suspect.
I don't get it. How does sending a postcard to a site confirm your identity? I can understand the site sending out a postcard with a verification code on it but for the user to send in a postcard doesn't seem to make sense.
Besides that it looks like an interesting phenomenon. Simply increasing the latency of posts would probably improve the quality. With no instant gratification many trolls simply wouldn't bother posting.
This seemed flawed to me, "To post opinions in the Tsukurepo section, advance approval from those who introduced the recipes is necessary." I bet all the reviews are raving. Seems like a nice way to stifle differing opinions.