I think so.
I think this habit of using air-reply is working well because there are few Japanese speakers today. This will probably no longer work if the number of users increases in the future.
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I learned that many people around the world communicate in English, not their native language. High-context communication in the Japanese community was achieved in part by narrowing down the viewing languages and thereby limiting the target audience.
That's why I think it's very difficult to get everyone to understand. However, if you are interested, there is also a website where you can take a look at the timeline of Japan's relays, so please check it out from time to time.😉
Heh many western users don't remember but we actually used Nostr the way pre-jack era