TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy are there so many german communities on Lemmy?message-squaremessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down19
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareWhy are there so many german communities on Lemmy?TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square95linkfedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up109·1 year agoBecause there are many Germans on Lemmy.
minus-squarekambusha@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoNobody expects the German inquisition,!
minus-squareell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoi may or may not be german as well 🫣
minus-squareTheReanuKeeves@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoYes but why specifically german? Is the founder german?
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up42·1 year 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-squareZiggurat@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year 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-squareell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year 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-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-29 months agodeleted by creator
minus-squareell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year 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-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·1 year agoTwo reasons, Germans are very privacy focused and at the same time pretty tech affine. Also, sprich Deutsch du Huso
minus-squareExecutive Chimp@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThe guy who made Mastodon is German, so maybe that was a fediverse on-ramp.
minus-squareHubi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAt least one of the two Lemmy maintainers is also German or at least a native speaker as far as I know.
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoBut what if a lot of them are Austrians in disguise!
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoG U T E N T A G Dabei bin ich nichmal Deutsch
Because there are many Germans on Lemmy.
Hallo
surprise germans 🫨
Nobody expects the German inquisition,!
i may or may not be german as well 🫣
Achtung!
🤫🤫🤫
Finde ich richtig gut, ja
Wie ghets?
Tag!
Des heißt servus, zefix!
That’s a bingo!
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
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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.
But what if a lot of them are Austrians in disguise!
G U T E N T A G
Dabei bin ich nichmal Deutsch