german people have large privacy and date security fears. This has kept them off of many other platforms. Most people in my friends circle never had a MySpace / Facebook... Being in an anonymous space like here is nice.
they also are and have been technologically behind in many ways. Bringing them slower to other platforms that they would have started off on, making it so they didn't use any. Ignorance and fear of technology and privacy fear combined with being technologically slower meant they were going on other platforms in a time when the platforms were getting known as "bad, mentally harmful, data mining & selling machines".
English language skills are lower in Germany (outside of Berlin). Many tourists don't see this as they go to touristy things (hotels, attractions) where they speak English. It is easy in platforms like this or reddit to be in a German speaking bubble. People who speak lots of English like their neighbors the Dutch, would more likely just post in English as everyone can then understand it.

Source: my opinions - but I do live in Germany.

[–] geissi 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Your data isn't really more private on the fediverse, is it?
Everything you post is shared with myriad instances.
You might not end up just handing it to some large tech corp but you also give up any remnant of control over it.

[–] PolyLlamaRous@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's more about people most people don't know who are here unless you tell them rather than you're data being secure. A different feeling then when posting with your real name and with all of you irl friends following you

[–] geissi 1 points 2 months ago

I mean using your real name does not depend on the platform you're using but more on how you're using it.
Pretty sure the majority of reddit users do not post under their real name and you could use a pseudonym on facebook if you wanted to.
Zuckerberg isn't going to check your ID when you sign up.

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