• remon@ani.social
      42·
      2 days ago

      Not sure what the core reason is, but Reddit also had a big German population.

      I guess Germans are rather privacy focused so they might have been disproportionately migrating during the reddit exodus.

      • Ziggurat@jlai.lu
        11·
        2 days ago

        I guess Germans are rather privacy focused so they might

        3rd Reich then east Germany gave Germany a hard lesson about privacy, so indeed they’re very sensitive to that topic

        • ell1e@leminal.spaceEnglish
          9·
          2 days ago

          not that the recent governments care, they want to centralize most of the data of citizens now with pretty poor protections in a lot of cases. sads

          • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
            31·
            2 days ago

            Having the data is one thing, using data for genocide and oppression is whole different issue.

            But despite all that history, Germans will blindly support Israel

            • ell1e@leminal.spaceEnglish
              4·
              21 hours ago

              sadly, data that is too centralized and easily available will always be abused at some point. the recent US developments are showing this nicely.

    • gigachad@sh.itjust.works
      142·
      2 days ago

      Two reasons, Germans are very privacy focused and at the same time pretty tech affine. Also, sprich Deutsch du Huso

      • Hubi@feddit.org
        4·
        2 days ago

        At least one of the two Lemmy maintainers is also German or at least a native speaker as far as I know.