Comments on: This weeks reading & Mixi’s walled garden http://blog.ejovi.net/2007/06/28/this-weeks-reading-mixis-walled-garden/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ejovi nuwere http://blog.ejovi.net/2007/06/28/this-weeks-reading-mixis-walled-garden/#comment-90776 ejovi nuwere Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:30:04 +0000 http://www.ejovi.net/2007/06/28/this-weeks-reading-mixis-walled-garden/#comment-90776 Amazon? You can't compare the entire Japanese market to the USA market or even the European market 1 to 1. Japan is two years behind most other internet spaces. Facebook required a invitation to join and that spurred its early growth. Creating a open API doesn't mean losing the parallel society. It means offering more to it. Amazon?

You can’t compare the entire Japanese market to the USA market or even the European market 1 to 1. Japan is two years behind most other internet spaces.

Facebook required a invitation to join and that spurred its early growth. Creating a open API doesn’t mean losing the parallel society. It means offering more to it.

]]> By: Chris_B http://blog.ejovi.net/2007/06/28/this-weeks-reading-mixis-walled-garden/#comment-90740 Chris_B Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:36:29 +0000 http://www.ejovi.net/2007/06/28/this-weeks-reading-mixis-walled-garden/#comment-90740 Not so sure if I agree that theres any need for an open API for Mixi. I think it works so well because its a closed garden and you need an invite to join, its a good parallel with society here (this has been said before). Japan remains for the most part a silo market rather than a horizontal market. If one wanted to appeal to the 10 million Mixi users, one would have to approach the company. Yahoo auctions killed eBay here API or no. Can you point me to an example of a thriving open API in the Japanese market other than Win32? Particularly a home grown version? Not so sure if I agree that theres any need for an open API for Mixi. I think it works so well because its a closed garden and you need an invite to join, its a good parallel with society here (this has been said before).

Japan remains for the most part a silo market rather than a horizontal market. If one wanted to appeal to the 10 million Mixi users, one would have to approach the company. Yahoo auctions killed eBay here API or no. Can you point me to an example of a thriving open API in the Japanese market other than Win32? Particularly a home grown version?

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