Japanese women like moderated bulletin boards

The Yomiuri has an article today discussing the popularity of moderated internet bulletin boards and web posting sites among women:

For example, Women’s Park, operated by Benesse Corp., is a question-and-answer style bulletin board in which membership is limited to women. Its purpose is to share information about birthing, child-raising and other women’s interests.

Prospective members of Women’s Park confirm their identity by sending a postcard to the company, and all messages sent to the site are checked every day before being posted.

Tsukurepo is a popular section of Cookpad, a cooking Web site introducing recipes posted by members. The section is for members who have actually cooked dishes using recipes posted on the site to write reviews of their experiences and opinions.

To post opinions in the Tsukurepo section, advance approval from those who introduced the recipes is necessary.

Hatsugen Komachi, hosted by The Yomiuri Shimbun, also operates under these types of controls. Web site editors check all postings in advance to prevent the appearance of messages containing insults and false information.

Sounds like the polar opposite of 2-channel.