It's so weird to see non-English posts with English CWs. What's the reasoning there? It's not bad I'm just curious.
Like, if people can only read the post xor the CW, what's the point of the CW? And if they can read English, why not write the post in that, since you are already using the de-facto lingua franca for the CW? More readers is good, right?
@grainloom mhm one reason is: conventions, using what you're used to. Also, coming from Twitter, where I usually post in German: English words tend to take up fewer characters.
Plus, twitter is terrible for CWing, and language contrast can help marking a thing as a CW there.
So… I'd guess most ppl don't have logical reasons for that, but are simply used to it.
@grainloom As for the other part, sometimes, people don't want to post in English, or cant. When I'm tired, it takes more effort to write in a 2nd language.
And more readers are not always good. Sometimes, you don't mind having a smaller audience. Maybe fewer people even feel safer. Maybe it's just easier for you to express that thought in a language that isn't English. Maybe it's a pun that needs a CW for some reason.
And why English CWs can happen with that, well, see above.
@grainloom it can be different from that :) more like an obscure meme that not everybody gets, or talking about some niche topic, less like "only these people are allowed to read it".
But, yeah, the way languages are used and can be connected to lots of stuff is definitely weird. Humans are weird.
@maunzikation Ah that kinda explains it I guess. Tbh if you wanna restrict your audience, there are builtin tools for that, but I guess people are weird and do weird things.