JapanSoc: Social Bookmarking for Japan Enthusiasts
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March 16, 2009 
Last month, Jamaipanese invited me to join a J-Blogger community called JapanSoc. It’s a Social Bookmarking community for people who are into Japanese culture, and it serves as an important tool for bloggers who blog about all things Japan (aka “J-Bloggers”).
JapanSoc’s (the “Soc” pronounced “Sock” and is short for “Society”) CMS (Content Management System) is based off the popular Social Media site, Digg. But it’s better than Digg: it’s designed for Japan-related blogs and articles. Plus the community is awesome and very helpful (unlike Digg where its fanbase seem to punish unsuspecting members who post “bad stories” or for promoting their own content).
All members are encouraged to participate and engage in promoting stories, [if they like it]. You could promote your own post on JSoc, but keep in mind that you can install the provided JapanSoc Vote Widget on your entry (template) page (just like Digg’s Vote button!) and have your friends promote your story! 
In addition to JapanSoc.com, there’s also JapanSoc.org. It’s a Google Group for the main JapanSoc website where other J-Bloggers meet and arrange blog events online (and offline), such as the monthly Japan Blog Matsuri and the J-Blogger Conference hosted on EduFire.
If you’ve been to Japan, plan on visiting, are already a citizen/visitor of Japan, and/or a Japan enthusiast, then come on over and join us! I’m also on JapanSoc. Feel free to add me (Sanjochan) to your friends list! ^_^
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glad you like Japansoc, I am you signed up. Looking forward to you participation
Lets make Japansoc even greater!
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I’m a new J-Blogger and as soon as I started writing, I researched more and more Blogs finding a lot of people had links back to to the JapanSoc website. So I checked it out and wow.. I was amazed at how many people are apart of the community. I love being able to have so many people I know I can message for conversation and advise on Blogging. I agree that JapanSoc is a must for anyone Blogging about Japan even if you live there or not.
Yup, the community keeps growing and growing! Thanks for the review. I hope it will get a few people to try out the site(s) so they see what they have to offer. The more the merrier!
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It’s becoming a very addictive site, particularly now that we can subscribe to comments. I see you’re a Jonokuchi right now, Sanjo-chan, keep soc’in and this time next year, you’ll be a JapanSoc Yokozuna!
Off to friend you on JapanSoc now! I second (or third, or fourth) the encouragement for others to join. Great content and great people – what more could you ask for?
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