Are you interested in meeting other like minded Japan lovers or foreigners living in Japan? Would you like to communicate freely with them in English or Japanese? Do you want your online time to create money for charity?
The new Social Sharing Network called Youshare Japan is a great place to try out your English and meet Japan lovers from various countries.
You can even earn a little money, or MAKE DONATIONS TO CHARITY at the same time as practicing your English.
It's just started, so it still small and has some rough edges, but I believe it's got great potential.
And if you get tired of English, just click a button and be transferred to the Japanese pages!
It has a nice clean, uncluttered interface which is easy to learn.
I'm directly responsible for the English language development of the site and also much of its user interface design and planning, so as SNS users yourselves, I'd love to hear your feedback on what work steel needs to be done.
Details:
It is easy to navigate and has all the expected features, like a powerful blogging tool, media sharing, groups and forums, media upload/share etc as well as a multilingual interface.
So what's new, you might ask? Well, it's called Social Sharing Network for a reason.
There are adverts shown on the right of the screen which advertisers pay for. By being active on Youshare, you will receive a share of the money from the advertisers!
This share can be cashed in, or even donated in full or in part to charities which are registered with Youshare: Red Cross Japan and other large organisations are our current beneficiaries.
Actually, the charities themselves can be chosen and voted for by the you, the members of Youshare.
Youshare keeps a portion (30%) of the banner revenue, the rest is passed on: 10% directly contributed to charity and 60% to the members of Youshare - who can in turn donate some or all of it to charity.
This payback and donation makes Youshare quite unique.
Why don't you give it a try and let me know what you think.
I've included a chart which shows the flow of revenue, from the banners into the Youshare pot which is then divided up between the users based on their activities. From there, the users can cash their revenue or pass it on to charity.