Eh, you can post, but people might just ignore it. So you’re screaming into the void for the most part.
I’m a native Cantonese and Mandarin speaker, we have a Asian Diaspora comm, but most Lemmings are white westerners, so it’s not gonna get much traction… but I mean… it’s there… I don’t think anyone has a problem with that.
I almost never post anything in Chinese because 1.4 billion of them are behind a firewall and they’ll never find small platforms like the Fediverse.
I’m planning to post some poetry stuff in bilingual English and Chinese, like… its good emotional release… kinda therapudic for myself using multiple languages to engage the brain’s emotions in multiple parts of the brain, only posting for personal reason tho, idc if anyone actually reads it. I don’t have any friend to share it with, my stuff would be too political for Mainland Chinese internet.
Just post it, find the right community for it, if someone hates it, they have a block button for that community, or use word-blocking filters.
For what it’s worth, I (pasty-faced white guy) like seeing this stuff.
It’s just blotted out by the big (pasty-faced white guy) communities.
I have a proposal for this, actually: community “taxonomy” so smaller subs can bubble up through bigger ones. But I need to think on it some, overcome queued executive dysfunction, and raise the suggestion on the repos.
I’m a native Cantonese and Mandarin speaker, we have a Asian Diaspora comm, but most Lemmings are white westerners, so it’s not gonna get much traction…
It’s rue for most community, I would say. But it’s truer for non-English speaking one (looking at my tiny French speaking instance). We really lack a tad more users ;)
I’m planning to post some poetry stuff in bilingual English and Chinese, like… its good emotional release… kinda therapudic for myself using multiple languages to engage the brain’s emotions in multiple parts of the brain, only posting for personal reason tho, idc if anyone actually reads it
You can be assured I would happily read (a lot) more poetry around here. Even more if it’s not in English and even even more so if it helps me decide it’s time I start learning Chinese—something I’ve been considering for… too many years… and now feel a bit too old to do (stupid me speaking)
In regards to readership and as a side note: I would not say I don’t care if people are reading it or not myself, but I’m ok with the idea of being my own reader. Which is one of the reasons I reopened a blog a few years ago: it helps me put some order in my head.
Just post it, find the right community for it, if someone hates it, they have a block button for that community, or use word-blocking filters.
This.
Also, to the OP: Lemmy (the Fediverse) is not owned by anyone nor by a single country, or culture. So, there is not one culture that is expected to be an ‘accepting host’. We’re all sharing the same space and doing our best to make it a nice place… which can work quite well provided all of us, as individuals, are welcoming to one another ;)
Thank you for your words of encouragement. I actually feel a lot better now lol, no joke.
I think just the idea of having a platform I can make anti-government content and not get censored is just beautiful. I feel sad for my compatriots in Mainland China getting censored by that shitty government.
Eh, you can post, but people might just ignore it. So you’re screaming into the void for the most part.
I’m a native Cantonese and Mandarin speaker, we have a Asian Diaspora comm, but most Lemmings are white westerners, so it’s not gonna get much traction… but I mean… it’s there… I don’t think anyone has a problem with that.
I almost never post anything in Chinese because 1.4 billion of them are behind a firewall and they’ll never find small platforms like the Fediverse.
I’m planning to post some poetry stuff in bilingual English and Chinese, like… its good emotional release… kinda therapudic for myself using multiple languages to engage the brain’s emotions in multiple parts of the brain, only posting for personal reason tho, idc if anyone actually reads it. I don’t have any friend to share it with, my stuff would be too political for Mainland Chinese internet.
Just post it, find the right community for it, if someone hates it, they have a block button for that community, or use word-blocking filters.
For what it’s worth, I (pasty-faced white guy) like seeing this stuff.
It’s just blotted out by the big (pasty-faced white guy) communities.
I have a proposal for this, actually: community “taxonomy” so smaller subs can bubble up through bigger ones. But I need to think on it some, overcome queued executive dysfunction, and raise the suggestion on the repos.
I love this analogy, and I need to expand on it.
Lemmy is like taking a pleasant walk, with mostly chill fellow hikers, through a nature preserve, and then taking turns shouting into an empty canyon.
Sometimes a nice and/or informative discussion follows during the hike back to the lodge for some hot cocoa.
咁我都用廣東話打字，逼佢哋用網上翻譯器先！
好搞笑 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=97&v=jxA4xQbDcyE (starts at 1:37)
Only Cantonese people will get it 😆 （粗口 warning)
It’s rue for most community, I would say. But it’s truer for non-English speaking one (looking at my tiny French speaking instance). We really lack a tad more users ;)
You can be assured I would happily read (a lot) more poetry around here. Even more if it’s not in English and even even more so if it helps me decide it’s time I start learning Chinese—something I’ve been considering for… too many years… and now feel a bit too old to do (stupid me speaking)
In regards to readership and as a side note: I would not say I don’t care if people are reading it or not myself, but I’m ok with the idea of being my own reader. Which is one of the reasons I reopened a blog a few years ago: it helps me put some order in my head.
This.
Also, to the OP: Lemmy (the Fediverse) is not owned by anyone nor by a single country, or culture. So, there is not one culture that is expected to be an ‘accepting host’. We’re all sharing the same space and doing our best to make it a nice place… which can work quite well provided all of us, as individuals, are welcoming to one another ;)
Thank you for your words of encouragement. I actually feel a lot better now lol, no joke.
I think just the idea of having a platform I can make anti-government content and not get censored is just beautiful. I feel sad for my compatriots in Mainland China getting censored by that shitty government.
No excuse remaining, then. Start posting that poetry! ;)
Ps: I meant it. I would happily read more poetry online, and I’m willing to bet my cup of morning coffee I’m not alone.