• 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·
            23 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.