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Why are there so many Germans on Lemmy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] python@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Most of us speak pretty good English and German media absolutely sucks ass, so many people choose to exclusively hang out in English-speaking spheres i guess

[-] greenbelt@lemy.lol 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

luckily many Germans learn some English at school, also the languages seem really closely related, easy to learn.

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