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by tl2do 108 days ago
I am Japanese. I want to share a well-known Japanese idea: 人は見た目が9割 ("people are judged 90% by appearance"). It is ironic because it goes against our common sense that substance should matter more than appearance. The intention of this idea is to emphasize the importance of first impressions.

I think the AIDMA model is still relevant. I've seen similar dashboards elsewhere, but FUBAR Daily's design keeps me coming back.

Nice work.

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Appreciate that. Is there an English term to search for and read up on 人は見た目が9割 ? I'd like to learn more about it.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/人は見た目が9割

It is mainly from a bestseller book. You could get hint from this.

The linked article seems to suggest that rather than "appearance" what's actually meant is "anything non-verbal"? In which case the related english language thing to look for is writings on the importance of the non-verbal aspects of communication, of which there are a lot.

Also, why does the linked article (容姿) contain a fully nude image? I don't understand the usefulness or significance (and wouldn't have expected it to be permitted regardless). https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B9%E5%A7%BF

...have you checked the linked page translation, it's just a page on the concept of physical appearance...
Yes. I do not understand how an article about physical appearance meaningfully benefits from a nude photo. I thus find myself wondering if the machine translation perhaps lost some important nuance.
Thanks!
In german: Kleider machen Leute. (Clothing makes people(literally, word by word))
in English: "Clothes make the man" is an old saying.