Hypothetical scenario: someone is on Ao3, looking for fanfiction to read. This person only speaks/reads English, and they set the language filter to only show fics written in English.
Do you think this is an act of cultural or language erasure?
Yes, it takes traffic away from authors writing in different languages
Yes, there’s no need to filter them out, just scroll past the non-English works
Yes, other reason (elaborate?)
No, it makes no sense for your search to include fics you literally cannot read
No, because non-English-lang authors have other ways to reach their audience
No, other reason (elaborate?)
I don’t know/it’s complicated
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