mixi2 another twitter replacement released this week.

[salyavin]

I am sure many of you remember mixi. We now have mixi2 a Japanese twitter like replacement entirely in Japanese language. You can read some about it here 完全招待制の「mixi2」リリース、一体どんなSNS？ そして今までの「mixi」はなくなってしまうの？ 公式の回答は…（集英社オンライン） - Yahoo!ニュース

Just thought it might be interesting to those remembering or still using mixi. I do not expect this to take off like bluesky or threads. I do have an account but probably will not look at it much.
Some screenshots here 日本発のSNSって快適じゃん。｢mixi2｣はじめました

This is Gizmodo's invitation if you want to sign up [mixi2への招待] ギズモード・ジャパンさんとはじめよう

 

[Petaris]

I remember Mixi. That was a while ago...

 

[salyavin]

Yea much like myspace lol. I logged back into mine out of curiosity and it is still going but not a lot of activity. Mixi (not Mixi2) also wants to force you to finish watching a video ad before you can continue even in the app, I cannot imagine nontechnical users putting up with that bothersome behaviour. Mixi2 has none of that yet as they are trying to attract new users so they will wait before they push that. Meta on the other hand is looking at various ways to promote Threads service in Japan. One of them, is setting up a stall in Shibuya on the 27th of December, to serve free bowls of New Year's Eve soba. テキスト共有アプリ「スレッズ」、渋谷に限定年越しそば店「すすれっず」(summary by Mullboyne)