@TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 month agoWhy are there so many german communities on Lemmy?message-square97fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down15
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareWhy are there so many german communities on Lemmy?@TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 month agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-square@TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink6•1 month agoYes but why specifically german? Is the founder german?
minus-square@remon@ani.sociallinkfedilink42•1 month agoNot sure what the core reason is, but Reddit also had a big German population. I guess Germans are rather privacy focused so they might have been disproportionately migrating during the reddit exodus.
minus-square@Ziggurat@jlai.lulinkfedilink11•1 month ago I guess Germans are rather privacy focused so they might 3rd Reich then east Germany gave Germany a hard lesson about privacy, so indeed they’re very sensitive to that topic
minus-square@ell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-21 month agonot that the recent governments care, they want to centralize most of the data of citizens now with pretty poor protections in a lot of cases. sads
minus-squaresunzu2linkfedilink2•1 month agoHaving the data is one thing, using data for genocide and oppression is whole different issue. But despite all that history, Germans will blindly support Israel
minus-square@ell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 month agosadly, data that is too centralized and easily available will always be abused at some point. the recent US developments are showing this nicely.
minus-square@gigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink11•1 month agoTwo reasons, Germans are very privacy focused and at the same time pretty tech affine. Also, sprich Deutsch du Huso
minus-squareExecutive ChimplinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoThe guy who made Mastodon is German, so maybe that was a fediverse on-ramp.
minus-square@Hubi@feddit.orglinkfedilink4•1 month agoAt least one of the two Lemmy maintainers is also German or at least a native speaker as far as I know.
Yes but why specifically german? Is the founder german?
Not sure what the core reason is, but Reddit also had a big German population.
I guess Germans are rather privacy focused so they might have been disproportionately migrating during the reddit exodus.
3rd Reich then east Germany gave Germany a hard lesson about privacy, so indeed they’re very sensitive to that topic
not that the recent governments care, they want to centralize most of the data of citizens now with pretty poor protections in a lot of cases. sads
Having the data is one thing, using data for genocide and oppression is whole different issue.
But despite all that history, Germans will blindly support Israel
sadly, data that is too centralized and easily available will always be abused at some point. the recent US developments are showing this nicely.
Sounds plausible
Two reasons, Germans are very privacy focused and at the same time pretty tech affine. Also, sprich Deutsch du Huso
The guy who made Mastodon is German, so maybe that was a fediverse on-ramp.
At least one of the two Lemmy maintainers is also German or at least a native speaker as far as I know.