In particular, I’m referring to the people who would be redditors, but don’t really use English. All the main Reddit subs are filled with English, and the few outposts on Reddit that mainly are not English are relatively small. This leads me to believe that such speakers must be going somewhere else for their Reddit-esque needs.
A few locations I’m already aware of:
- South Korea uses arca.live
- Japan uses LINE
- The PRC uses Baidu Tieba
- Russia uses Pikabu and VK
Do any of you know of any other non-English Reddit equivalents? I’m interested in how countries outside the US handle their social media.
I think people overestimate how many of the English comments are written by native speakers. By using English, you have a much larger audience, especially for niche subjects. I almost never use my native language on the internet.