SlowOct 13, 2023

Popularization of Lemmy among non-english speaking users

https://lemmy.today/post/1981102

Popularization of Lemmy among non-english speaking users - Lemmy Today

What ways do you know to attract users? Perhaps there are those here who have been with Lemmy since its inception. It’s interesting to hear your experience in promoting your community or instance.

Show threadToroidalXOct 13, 2023
We should create instances for countries. Like old reddit. That way the language won’t be an issue for newcomers. Unfortunately we lack the manpower. But I believe that with time it will pick up steam
Show threadrufus
We already have that. There are lots of feddit.de .it .nl .something. And We have communities for politics in Euroue / Gemany / …
Oct 13, 2023 at 3:17pmWeb
Show threadSkunkOct 13, 2023

French speakers also have a quite active instance with jlai.lu (je l’ai lu) which translate to I have read it … Reddit …

Spanish communities seems to grow as well.

Show threadrufusOct 13, 2023
I also see lots and lots of french and spanish PeerTube videos!
Show threadToroidalXOct 13, 2023
Yeah, I’m talking more about smaller countries. We have plenty of Europeans and North Americans, but for example people from South America, I don’t see a lot, same goes for the East side
Show threadLvxferreOct 13, 2023

but for example people from South America

/me raises hand

That said I think that it’s better to create instances for languages than countries. Three reasons:

  • It’s language that dictates availability of a piece of content for the user.
  • It encourages linguistic minorities to help us to grow the Fediverse. Reddit doesn’t give a fuck about them because they aren’t profitable merchandise=users for its customers=advertisers, but Lemmy isn’t bound to that.
  • Some people would rather use their L2, L3 etc.

    • A good example of that is feddit.de - note how the instance targets German speakers, not people from Germany.

    Show threadToroidalXOct 13, 2023
    That’s actually a very good idea. Language communities! So people could find a lot of content and not be separated by country
    Show threadrufusOct 13, 2023
    I love the internet because of the globalization. I can talk to people all over the world. Even without your good arguments, I’d consider it a loss if we divided that into nations.
    Show threadAppoxoOct 13, 2023

    Setup a server and advertise it on here.

    Be the change you want to see.

    Show threadrufusOct 13, 2023

    Are you from there? Or do you want to do missionary work for other parts of the world?

    Because I would need some more information on the ‘target’ people. What kind of social media do they use currently in that country? Is Reddit even a thing there or do people there maybe don’t even need a good alternative to that? Maybe they like to spend their time on Twitter / Mastodon over there.

    I know there are quite some Japanese people on Misskey. And I’ve seen lots of Spanish and French content on Peertube.

    Ah yes. And you absolutely need admins/moderators who speak the language.

    Show threadBruceLeeOct 14, 2023
    Et jlai.lu pour les français !