I go along with your argument - But... but as long as English is the language to tell the story - the main narratives - English as the lingua franca of discourses on and about INternet research - as long as - English will be important... and powerful - the language is defining the if somebody gets heard or not... it also has to do with power of publication, power of participation and so forth... English speakers - a minority or not - hold an important tool in their hands... that might change - but so far has not... this also might be worth considering - best nilz
No worries! People who speak in English are a minority in this world. The content in English on the Net is shrinking (relatively speaking) and so are the users for whom English is their first language. I guess it is time for Internet researchers to wake up to this new reality. Please read the basic statistics. We're spinning off those who speak English. It's not the other way round... Those who write in English are in the minority, big way. Let's not portray it otherwise.
Geert
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