MIXI only for gay dating - Bans hetro dating

[Marked Trail]

[leitmotiv]

What is really going on here? Is this perhaps just hamfisted attempt to eliminate MIXI-facilitated enjo kosai without actually specifying the act?

[Mock Cockpit]

The user name gave me a giggle, subtle work there MT.

[Midwinter]

[Iraira]

Guess there is no reason to continue stalking in the "I Love Gaijin" mixi lounge. My prick is not going to be happy to hear about this.

[james]

i noticed awhile back that mixi really started restricting their search so that you can't do broad searches. it used to be you could simply specify an area to search and a few other criteria like preferred age range and gender, but now you also must include either a keyword or username.

the question of course is how in hell could they possibly enforce this? sounds more like legal cya than anything, cause enforcing such a thing is really not feasible..

[TatsujinGaijin]

I was wondering why the search engine for Mixi was so fucked up when I joined last month. I can't even add people I know without knowing how to spell their user name exactly or knowing which e-mail address they used to register. It makes me just want to delete my account since I wanted to use the site for networking further. There's got to be some alternatives. At least I know why it's messed up know.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Mixi is a great display of Japanese paranoia over personal info. Most people don't use their real names and a lot of them block their faces out in photos. Plus it's near impossible to locate people you know unless you already know their user name. What the hell are the locals so fucking afraid of?

[American Oyaji]

What the hell are the locals so fucking afraid of?

Gaijin.

And not in the traditional sense of the word.

Japanese fear DIFFERENCE or those outside of one's own group and try to remain insular.

Problem with the ostrich head in the sand approach is this:

1. They aint ostritches.
2. With that ass up in the air and their head in the sand, they never know who is stickin it to them.

[Dragonette]

Gaijin.

And not in the traditional sense of the word.
Japanese fear DIFFERENCE or those outside of one's own group and try to remain insular.

Also, it's fear of getting caught by their respective spouses - or worse yet, their MIXI-playmate's spouse... even worse if their MIXI-playmate IS their spouse...

[DrP]

What a bunch of crap - everyone knows its just the Deai Site owners putting the screws to MIXI. They are beginning to cut deeply into the profits by allowing really 'free' SNS instead of paid Sakura conversations.

[nottu]

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: Police ask sites to delete messages / Child prostitution 'encouraged' by content similar to that found on dating sites

Police have asked the operators of six cell phone social networking sites that have many underage users to delete messages posted on their Web sites from people searching for dates, it was learned Thursday. The Metropolitan Police Department believes such messages, including those found on the sites of Mobage Town and Mixi, are similar to those posted on dating service sites and could lead minors into crime, such as child prostitution. As of the end of March, Mixi had deleted more than 330 online communities--groups of people interested in the same subject--from its Web site. Other operators also are considering how to respond to the MPD's request. According to the MPD, this is the first time messages of this kind have been deleted from social networking sites. Previously, only messages connected to potential murder or drug trafficking were deleted following requests from the police. The six operators include DeNa Co., which runs Mobage Town, and OpenDoor Inc., which operates Mixi, Gree and Daishugo NEO.

The MPD, which issued its requests in February and March, took the decision after the law regulating Internet dating service sites was revised in December. This enabled the police to issue requests to Web sites operators that had not reported the operation of dating service sites. The deleted content included messages such as: "I'm a high school student looking for someone who wants to spend time with me," and, "I'm a middle school student looking for a boyfriend." The MPD reportedly believes that such messages might encourage child prostitution. As of December, about 40 million people belonged to the social networking services operated by the six companies.

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Web sites labeled 'wholesome'

Web sites run by four of the six operators were previously removed from a list of sites subject to cell phone filtering services after being certified by a screening organization as being "wholesome." The sites were certified by the Content Evaluation and Monitoring Association (EMA), an organization established by cell phone Web site companies and other industrial associations. The latest move might spark public criticism against the organization as to whether its screening procedures were conducted properly. During a search of Mixi's site in January, an official of the MPD's Juvenile Support Division discovered that the Japanese word for matchmaking produced a list of about 600 communities, with titles such as "People seeking partners," "Miraculous encounters," and "Encounters that will never come again." One such community had been accessed about 40,000 times before it was shut down, the MPD said. The police asked Mixi to delete the communities in February. On Internet bulletin boards, however, many users have expressed dismay over the closures as Mixi did not specify the reasons for suddenly removing such large and popular communities.

Social networking sites have occasionally been used to facilitate crime.

According to the National Police Agency, in 2008, 792 people under 18 were involved in crimes--including prostitution--with links to Web sites other than dating service sites, while 724 people were involved in prostitution-related crimes with links to dating service sites. In November 2007, a high school student was killed by a man whom she met via Mobage Town. In May last year, a middle school student in Chiba Prefecture was stabbed in the abdomen by a man she became acquainted with through Gree. As of April, cell phone companies have been required to have users under 18 years of age join the firms' respective filtering services, in principle. However, of the social networking sites asked to remove messages, four are accessible from cell phones that use the filtering service. The cell phone Web site companies have been opposed to the service. In 2008, the companies established the EMA to certify "wholesome" sites, which are then removed from the filtering service. Twenty-five major cell phone Web sites already have been removed from the service. Seiji Yoshikawa, vice manager of the Internet Hotline Center Japan, said, "I doubt that the social networking sites being certified by the EMA are appropriate for children. "Furthermore, I fear the filtering service will effectively become redundant if Web sites continue to be certified at the present rate." An EMA spokesman said: "We concede that our certification system needs improvement and we'll work toward that end. However, it's problematic that online friendship-seeking activities are considered similar to activities conducted by people who use the Internet to find a date."