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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by Larrikin on Thursday July 14, 2016 @02:19PM (#12096128)
Line is a fad like Facebook is a fad then. Pretty much every single person in Japan with a smartphone has the app and it is the standard way to communicate. I didn't need a phone plan when I lived there because I ended up making maybe 5 actual phone calls over the course of 3 years because LINE totally served my needs.

The only people I met with a Facebook were people who liked traveling and were actively looking for English speaking friends.

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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by brobinson on Thursday July 14, 2016 @02:20PM (#12096136)
Almost every person in Taiwan has LINE, too. Something like 75% of the country has an account.
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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by mrtron on Thursday July 14, 2016 @04:42PM (#12097023)
And everyone who communicates with people in Taiwan.

Sticker sets are shockingly popular with the 40+ crowd.

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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by reustle on Thursday July 14, 2016 @02:53PM (#12096352)
This is also the case in countries down south like Thailand. Everyone who is anyone is on LINE, and businesses display their LINE ID before anything else.
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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by inthaiguy on Friday July 15, 2016 @01:58AM (#12099187)
Line ID + FB page and now more often Instagram.
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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by kalleboo on Thursday July 14, 2016 @10:50PM (#12098680)
> I didn't need a phone plan when I lived there because I ended up making maybe 5 actual phone calls over the course of 3 years because LINE totally served my needs.

And of course LINE has now announced their own MVNO where you get unlimited LINE for 500 yen/mo...

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