Re:Reddit is taking over Google
by beeboobaa3 on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @05:51PM
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The /r/Netherlands subreddit has been taken over by hostile expats years ago. They ban any discussion in Dutch, forcing everyone to speak English, and will delete everything that doesn't have "international appeal"
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You might want to have another look. I don't visit there often, but when I look right now it's all in Dutch.
Re:Reddit is taking over Google
by beeboobaa3 on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @08:14PM
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You're likely confusing it with /r/TheNetherlands, which was created after this takeover.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Netherlands/ is all foreigners.
ah, yes, oops! Never seen r/Netherlands before so I didn't notice that you didn't write r/TheNetherlands.
Re:Reddit is taking over Google
by StressedDev on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @09:11PM
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What is a Karma farm?
Shouldn’t the Dutch language subreddit for the Netherlands be /r/Nederland?
Re:Reddit is taking over Google
by beeboobaa3 on Thursday April 18, 2024 @10:36AM
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We have /r/nederlands but it's infested by the alt right that wanted to escape the censorship of /r/TheNetherlands and didn't care for the expat-run /r/netherlands. /r/nederland also exists, but is pretty much dead.
That pattern seems to be repeating for a lot of country subs. I guess for most people from $country, the general topic of $country is so broad it becomes a bit meaningless.
You end up with lots of expats whining about that it is hard to find new friends and the tax system is not the same as they are used to.