⊏︎ʜʀɪs⊤︎ɪ∧︎︎ɴ

I come across French speakers a lot more often than Spanish speakers online, despsite the fact that Spanish speakers outnumber the French more than 5-to-1.*

I wonder why that is 🤔

*(According to WolframAlpha, worldwide there are 414 million Spanish speakers and 75 million French speakers)

Nov 30, 2017 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadKaitoNov 30, 2017
@ChristianD I do think that French culture has been a major force in arts, philosophy, etc, and that the French seem to advocate for themselves in a way that Spanish speakers, who are much more spread out and disorganized, don't do
Show thread⊏︎ʜʀɪs⊤︎ɪ∧︎︎ɴNov 30, 2017
@kai
Thank you for giving me a real answer lol :)
Show threadCharles 𝄢 HutchinsDec 1, 2017
@christiand this raises done interesting questions, which I think are actually important: what social networks are popular in the global south? What is the fediverse missing that would increase its uptake in those areas? I don't know how to find these answers, but maybe someone I follow does.
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Show thread⊏︎ʜʀɪs⊤︎ɪ∧︎︎ɴDec 1, 2017
@celesteh
From what I've seen in the #MastoCensus so far, the number of Mastodonians who speak French (24%) and the number who speak Spanish (21%) are almost tied
Show thread⚒⚛​🏴​Dec 1, 2017
@ChristianD one possible explanation might be that you receive updates from a bubble of friends of friends who speak French, and other people have it different. ❓
Show thread⊏︎ʜʀɪs⊤︎ɪ∧︎︎ɴDec 1, 2017
@Melezh
The only people I know on Mastodon who speak French are people who I met on Mastodon