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Why is it that most of the journals out there that I see are either majority American/British/Aussie, or Russian? You can look at trending words on journal sites, such as this one, and you will only see english and cyrillic. That's it. No kanji, no farsi, no hindi, nothing. Which begs several questions. Do most other countries not journal online? Or are there a lot more country specific ones I don't normally see? I know China has their own version of everything so they can control it, but what about everyone else? I occasionally stumble across japanese sections of the internet in my nerdery, so I know there's definitely more than my little area. But that then begs the other question. Why so many Russians on the english side when they could be on their own? I know Russia basically wants the same control over everything as China, but don't yet have it. Are many people from that whole region (I generalize everything as Russian, but I am aware that many in that part of the world write in cyrillic) doing it as a freedom thing? Is it more sinister? Something completely other?
I do realize that certain cultures, such as mine, are more forward and open with, well, most everything, but that doesn't mean people don't still write and journal. I would love to see the breakdown of stats by culture/country/region and how they go about it. Does this group just never do it, or is it all hidden away? Does that group have way more, but in a place I never see? How much do people in general even do journals anymore? A lot of people basically have video journals anymore. So many questions.
Also, I know that a lot of websites have specific versions for whichever country you are visiting from, ie a bbc.com is going to look different from the bbc.co.uk, which is different from bbc.jp, but now I wonder how much is out there that I'll never see because it's all behind country extensions. Hmm.
I do realize that certain cultures, such as mine, are more forward and open with, well, most everything, but that doesn't mean people don't still write and journal. I would love to see the breakdown of stats by culture/country/region and how they go about it. Does this group just never do it, or is it all hidden away? Does that group have way more, but in a place I never see? How much do people in general even do journals anymore? A lot of people basically have video journals anymore. So many questions.
Also, I know that a lot of websites have specific versions for whichever country you are visiting from, ie a bbc.com is going to look different from the bbc.co.uk, which is different from bbc.jp, but now I wonder how much is out there that I'll never see because it's all behind country extensions. Hmm.
