That is not the reality though. The majority of English-first users is a quite irrelevant statistic, since a majority of people from non-English speaking countries still uses English on the internet outside of their specific national environments. The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans, so it explains nothing about why the English language (international) areas of lemmy are US-centric.
Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it’s a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP’s question, rather than the internet at large. I’d be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho!
That is not the reality though. The majority of English-first users is a quite irrelevant statistic, since a majority of people from non-English speaking countries still uses English on the internet outside of their specific national environments. The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans, so it explains nothing about why the English language (international) areas of lemmy are US-centric.
Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it’s a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP’s question, rather than the internet at large. I’d be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho!