Kommentare zu: Germany. Why this country really sucks once in a while. http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/ It's the conversation, stupid. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Von: ghensel http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-425 ghensel Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:59:21 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-425 How often have you been to Germany? How often have you been to Germany?

]]> Von: Alaskan http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Alaskan Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:57:54 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-420 German people are as negative as can be and they are against almost everything, at least when they are over 30.<br>Their tv is serving this negativity by showing them how bad and ugly the world outside their living room is. <br>That's what german people love - dwelling in negativity! German people are as negative as can be and they are against almost everything, at least when they are over 30.
Their tv is serving this negativity by showing them how bad and ugly the world outside their living room is.
That's what german people love – dwelling in negativity!

]]> Von: ghensel http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-301 ghensel Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:30:30 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-301 Hi Kate, I think.....no...umm....yes. Basically it's pretty hard to come to a conclusion because they use different metrics to prove that either FB or VZ are the biggest to date. You don't speak German, right? Because this article says Facebook has 5.7 million registered users in Germany (<a href="http://facebookmarketing.de/zahlen_fakten/facebook-nutzerzahlen-2010" rel="nofollow">http://facebookmarketing.de/zahlen_fakten/faceb...</a>) in Jan 2010. The VZ Group in comparison reports 15 million users on all three platforms combined (<a href="http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=VZ-Netzwerke" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=VZ-N...</a>). According to this report from last week Facebook leads in monthly users. We talk about 11 million vs 6 (FB vs Studi VZ) in Dec 2009 (<a href="http://meedia.de/nc/details-topstory/article/facebook--11-mio-nutzer-in-deutschland_100025716.html" rel="nofollow">http://meedia.de/nc/details-topstory/article/fa...</a>). To sum it up...Facebook is about to take the lead. And they will probably dominate the German market pretty soon. Hi Kate, I think…..no…umm….yes. Basically it's pretty hard to come to a conclusion because they use different metrics to prove that either FB or VZ are the biggest to date. You don't speak German, right? Because this article says Facebook has 5.7 million registered users in Germany (http://facebookmarketing.de/zahlen_fakten/faceb...) in Jan 2010. The VZ Group in comparison reports 15 million users on all three platforms combined (http://wiki.opensocial.org/index.php?title=VZ-N...). According to this report from last week Facebook leads in monthly users. We talk about 11 million vs 6 (FB vs Studi VZ) in Dec 2009 (http://meedia.de/nc/details-topstory/article/fa...). To sum it up…Facebook is about to take the lead. And they will probably dominate the German market pretty soon.

]]> Von: Kate http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Kate Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:16:12 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-300 I'm researching social networking in different countries worldwide. This article along with the previous one you posted and the original one over at readwriteweb have been a help to me in getting an overview. But, not speaking German, I'm having trouble finding recent (2009ish) data about the relative size of different social networking sites in Germany. The best I can come up with is from 2008 from Ethority. Any links to send my way with more recent data and relative size of different social networks in DE? Is StudiVZ still bigger than Facebook?<br><br>thanks for any and all help. I'm researching social networking in different countries worldwide. This article along with the previous one you posted and the original one over at readwriteweb have been a help to me in getting an overview. But, not speaking German, I'm having trouble finding recent (2009ish) data about the relative size of different social networking sites in Germany. The best I can come up with is from 2008 from Ethority. Any links to send my way with more recent data and relative size of different social networks in DE? Is StudiVZ still bigger than Facebook?

thanks for any and all help.

]]> Von: ghensel http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-234 ghensel Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:19 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-234 No comprende<br><br>Sent with my iPhone.<br><br>Am 21.11.2009 um 18:34 schrieb "Disqus" < <br> >: No comprende

Sent with my iPhone.

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]]> Von: AnnetteOchs http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-233 AnnetteOchs Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:34:56 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-233 yes, thats why in Berlin twitter is more fun by night... yes, thats why in Berlin twitter is more fun by night…

]]> Von: macmuc http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-229 macmuc Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:56:58 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-229 I'm a bit too young young and most likely missing the necessary experience to make a meaningful statement about the core of this topic. But I have two little things from my daily little student life:<br><br>I love history. And yes I often watch that sort "historical content that should make us smart enough that we're not becoming Nazis again". Guido Knopp and friends.<br>After watching them for a long time and reading many "real books" about the different topics I don't think they'll actually make us "smart" as in "intelligent". <br>They give us the facts and "tell the story" BUT they don't really urge us to "think"!<br><br>Same thing in school, we learn stuff from textbooks & teachers, get grades and so on. <br>I was in Australia for half a year and I went to school there. They gave us books, too. But they were' not full of "informations" they were full of "sources".<br>Other than in Germany the teachers didn't teach us about the "content" of the sources but rather how to interpret and analyze them.<br>Me and my German lack of "individual creativeness", to quote you article, were quite disturbed by that.<br>"Causeless paranoia" had made me "paranoid of everything new and different" ( straight from @jkleske in the comments)<br><br>Back here in good old Germany I now learn that all this knowing and "smart-ass" talking, also known as "Klugscheißerei", is especially common on the internet- often suddenly causing my to "fremdschäm". I'm a bit too young young and most likely missing the necessary experience to make a meaningful statement about the core of this topic. But I have two little things from my daily little student life:

I love history. And yes I often watch that sort “historical content that should make us smart enough that we're not becoming Nazis again”. Guido Knopp and friends.
After watching them for a long time and reading many “real books” about the different topics I don't think they'll actually make us “smart” as in “intelligent”.
They give us the facts and “tell the story” BUT they don't really urge us to “think”!

Same thing in school, we learn stuff from textbooks & teachers, get grades and so on.
I was in Australia for half a year and I went to school there. They gave us books, too. But they were' not full of “informations” they were full of “sources”.
Other than in Germany the teachers didn't teach us about the “content” of the sources but rather how to interpret and analyze them.
Me and my German lack of “individual creativeness”, to quote you article, were quite disturbed by that.
“Causeless paranoia” had made me “paranoid of everything new and different” ( straight from @jkleske in the comments)

Back here in good old Germany I now learn that all this knowing and “smart-ass” talking, also known as “Klugscheißerei”, is especially common on the internet- often suddenly causing my to “fremdschäm”.

]]> Von: ghensel http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-224 ghensel Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16:16 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-224 German Angst in perfection. Correct. German Angst in perfection. Correct.

]]> Von: jayzon277 http://davaidavai.com/2009/11/18/germany-why-this-country-really-sucks-once-in-a-while/comment-page-1/#comment-223 jayzon277 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:08:10 +0000 http://davaidavai.com/?p=802#comment-223 Wow, this reminds me of a big discussion I had before going to a job interview for an internship at a quite well known agency. Some of my friends just couldn't understand why I wanted to go there without wearing a suit or at least a jacket. I wanted to wear quite appropriate clothing for the interview and the barcamp I attended later that day ;) – which resulted in a pullover, jeans & my converse shoes.<br><br>They were really afraid I might get out of line & hence won't get the job. I told them that I wouldn't want to work at a company who values clothing over abilities – but they didn't agree at all. Anyway, they wished me luck but were still sceptical. After all, I had a great interview & got the internship ;) German Angst. Pfff. Wow, this reminds me of a big discussion I had before going to a job interview for an internship at a quite well known agency. Some of my friends just couldn't understand why I wanted to go there without wearing a suit or at least a jacket. I wanted to wear quite appropriate clothing for the interview and the barcamp I attended later that day ;) – which resulted in a pullover, jeans & my converse shoes.

They were really afraid I might get out of line & hence won't get the job. I told them that I wouldn't want to work at a company who values clothing over abilities – but they didn't agree at all. Anyway, they wished me luck but were still sceptical. After all, I had a great interview & got the internship ;) German Angst. Pfff.

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