Would that be why there seems to be so much Deutschposting on platforms like Mastodon and Lemmy?
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Hubi@feddit.de 9 months ago
Just to give another perspective, the German part of the internet is still full of extremely niche bulletin board-style forums for every hobby/technology imaginable. Many have millions of posts and have been online for 20+ years. Seems to me like it’s mostly the English-speaking web that’s been affected by these large content aggregators and closed platforms like Discord.
Sooperstition@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Hubi@feddit.de 9 months ago
That could very well be. The instances are privately run, have small and personal communities and are often tech-focused so they meet pretty much all the criteria to be popular with Germans lol
sirboozebum@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I wish I could read/write German.
I prefer the old forums.
EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I have noticed that when I search for some specific topics, German websites tend to come up more often. Be it IT or cars, German message boards are well represented (and luckily I can read most of it).