Re:Internet for All
by thaumasiotes on Saturday August 08, 2015 @09:14PM
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> How many Chinese people do you come across on the internet right now? How many Japanese? How many Russian?
> Nations on the internet are segregated by language.
This is true as far as it goes, but I don't really run into British, Australian, or even Canadian people either. Language may not be the primary factor.
> I don't really run into British, Australian, or even Canadian people either
How do you know you don't? It's not like we (I'm British) type with an accent.
Re:Internet for All
by thaumasiotes on Sunday August 09, 2015 @06:01AM
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You can type with an accent. Brits have various vocabulary, spelling, and idiom differences that might give them away (although to be fair, I probably wouldn't recognize a specifically British idiom if I saw it).
There are two points here: (1), I don't interact with very many people on the internet. I certainly don't use it to meet new people. And (2), I don't look for content aimed at (e.g.) an English audience. I read a large number of different bloggers, but it seems to have worked out that they're American. (John Derbyshire is English, but has lived in the US for years, and as far as I know has no intention to leave. Does he count?)
Nations on the internet are segregated by language. Learning the language of a country (or a few countries) usually means that you learn about their culture as well, so communicating won't be such a big shock.