Langblr thoughts
The langblr community is great and inspiring and I've found out so many interesting things since I created this blog... :)
However, it's pretty maddening to see people always making drama. The langjam challenge is about indigenous and threatened languages : people will tell you it's bad cause it harms the communities and don't help the peoples who don't want you to learn their language BTW.
Bullshit : this is just an opportunity to make people learn about other cultures hoping that they'll be more understanding of other people. The challenge has never been to save the language but just learn and sympathize. Plus, it's a way for associations, groups, peoples and tribes to have publicity and sometimes money as polyglot might buy books from them or even donate money.
Also there's always this discussion over langblr being too Europe-centered but when people learn non-European languages that aren't really mainstream you'll get this discussion that it's cultural appropriation and you have nothing to do with it...
Cut the drama and go find another hobby.
