• FinishingDutch@lemmy.world
    192·
    6 days ago

    Well sure. But that’s also because everyone else learned how to use English to communicate. So it FEELS like we’re all American. It’s a common thing in online spaces.

    Maar als we allemaal terug zouden gaan naar onze eigen taal, voelt het hier een stuk minder Amerikaans.

    I’ve literally had lengthy English conversations with other Dutch people online where we only figured out we were both Dutch twenty comments later :D

    • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      6 days ago

      Was just permabanned from Ask Lemmy for explaining Russian and Chinese bots (bots are slaves). FYI did you know it’s totally okay for Russia and China to have slaves and engage in expansionism and election interference? Slaves are TOTALLY COOL and fine if they are Russian or Chinese, even if that means Russia or China expands into new territories and enslaves new people👍 Disliking slavery and war makes me a US propaganda shill somehow, even though the US is also explicitly pro-slavery (13th amendment) and pro-warfare and is operated by a Russian asset so all US propaganda these days IS Russian propaganda

      • Dasus@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 days ago

        Oh they actually specified “US”? Usually they just ramble on about the generic West.

  • DUMBASS@leminal.spaceEnglish
    19·
    7 days ago

    There’s a beautiful sweet spot between the Americans going to bed and the Germans waking up where Its not US politics but I can still understand whats being said.

  • Olkiss@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 days ago

    Maybe the problem is that in Europe our news are mostly in local languages. So, if I post something I would need to translate. Or one would need to share something from France24 (English), BBC, Euronews (English), etc. But, the content is not as comprehensive as the national newspapers…

      • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
        2·
        6 days ago

        You are confusing seeing other instances with “ALL”. I just don’t want to see what I am not subscribed to. Curation of all this crap just makes it so much better. And focused for that matter.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          5 days ago

          what’re you on about? how precisely would i find communities on other instances without browsing ALL? i’m not gonna manually search for things…

          • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
            11·
            5 days ago

            i’m not gonna manually search for things…

            OK you wont find things then. A lot of communities I like are not going to show up in ALL. I seek them out and sub to them. Why be so lazy, it only takes a few minutes? Or simply search for your interests.

            I mean if what you are looking for is where people are the loudest and places that are the busiest then by all means stay looking at all.

            Lemmy doesn’t have that many users and it also can have multiple subs that are the same category. So discovering those and choosing one, or both is up to you. Remember: there is no algorithm here, curation is up to you.

            So precisely:

            1. use the reddit to Lemmy sub finder if you are coming from reddit
            2. search for things you are interested in using the community search - flyfishing for example.
            3. click “browse communities” and you will get a list of all of them, glance through them and check the box to sub

            Not that hard.

            Also, use Scaled as sort occasionally. It will let smaller subs rise to the top of you list.

        • hdsrob@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          I default to Subscribed/New, but many of the subs I was in on Reddit don’t have active communities here, so I only see a handful of new posts a day. A couple of times a week I switch to All/Hot or All/Active as a way to find new communities, or just see what’s going on outside of my tiny bubble.

          • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
            1·
            6 days ago

            I get it. For what it is worth, I find contributing to the subs I care about does help spur conversation. Some people even seem grateful to have the ice broken and get people engaged. Small communities stay that way if you don’t nudge them along.

            Also, every now and then I just browse all the communities (not the content or comments) just communities to see if there is anything I should add to my subscriptions.

            But I get that the easiest way is just click “all” and go.

    • buttnugget@lemmy.world
      7·
      7 days ago

      I do! I need to be more diligent about seeking out new communities and subscribing to them, but I’m an ALL sort kind of person at heart, I guess.

  • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
    105·
    7 days ago

    Apparently only USA speaks English and we should all be speaking German or something to show we’re not American?

  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

    Hey, some of us just want to have the biggest instance so we don’t have to rely on people subscribing to things. (Australia, I have 2 accounts)