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Re: "i also find myself in a dilemma. i don't like to write in..."
heh, i certainly prefer this rainbow flag version, proposed for the first republic of armenia by artist martiros sarian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Armenia#/media/File:Saryan_-_Flag_Rainbow.svg
alas the first armenian republic gov in 1918 didn't appreciate it and chose the tricolor. maybe that was also a logistical question (i guess?) and they decreased poor state expenses with that? or maybe they wanted to be like any new nation state, with the three colour flag?
2023-07-14 · 8 weeks ago
we, the decentralization/freedom oriented community like this sarian's rainbow version to the extent it is used in many places, as a logo of թութ.հայ mastodon instance, or as logo of sarian@conference.jabber.am xmpp group or as favicon of link sharing lobsters based site https://սարեան.ցանցառներ.հայ. this correlates with the revival of the dark and not popular sarian street, which is full of cafeterias now and became people's number one destination to walk or socialize. i guess that's because the street is of course narrow, plus it is not straight, it is part of the circle, which makes it interesting.
well if i write on bubble, i'll write in english. maybe it'll become the place i keep a gemlog. maybe i'll create a separate gemlog as i always like doing.
maybe i'll try to install tootik and will try to socialize from there via activity pub. let's see.
currently i am using socialhome, and this software is barely maintained and has many problems. plus it causes the main load on my server. neither diaspora nor mastodon do that. i chose it because i wanted to write in one place, instead of two - mastodon and diaspora. i ran a diaspora node since september 28, 2012.needed to keep my diaspora connections, mostly foreign, and write once for all networks.
Thanks for your post. I've seen many dual / multiple language capsules here... I assume it was whatever language the author felt like writing in at the time. I'm glad this place can be diverse in language and expression but I do understand your points about exposure and reach of the messages.
I appreciate hearing your perspective on this. We all could stand to have more context in our lives.
thank you!
i guess it is better to keep bbs.geminispace.org to be mainly english language community.
i think someone can self host the esperanto version. i would maybe try to host armenian version. just i guess those two capsules would not be populated, and not sure those will have content.
anyway for the future i think it'll be good if bubble gets some gettext or other support for translation. but today i guess esperanto community on gemini space is not strong enough to have own bubble instance.
same with armenian community.
but yes, seeing capsules in different languages on gemini space is what i also enjoy. i may run tootik one day.
2023-07-15 · 8 weeks ago
i also find myself in a dilemma. i don't like to write in english. but it is the language of communication between different people. today. but that's today. is the end of history here? don't get me wrong, i am not someone who watches russian state channels. (: well, maybe you are, but then probably we are not friends. and i am not someone who wants to write texts that are very abstract and are important without a context, are timeless. i believe in 'medium is the message'. i believe '...