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Nothing against Germans, I'm just wondering why, outside of the English internet, it got such high adoption in Germany compared to eg. France or Spain. I see next to no French/Spanish/etc. content on here in comparison

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[โ€“] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Lemmy mostly Americans

How can we even, like, know that?

[โ€“] CanadaPlus 2 points 17 hours ago

I don't have hard data, but it seems self-evident just from my personal experience. And going back to the original point, it's a nation of 400 million.

[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The amount of American politics and culture on here for a start

[โ€“] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

To be fair the amount of absolute insanity coming out of the US is what's driving it. Luckily the UK has been fairly stable recently.

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They'll tell you before you can ask

[โ€“] CanadaPlus 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yeah, occasionally. Honestly that's fine, the annoying thing is when they assume everyone else is, too.