Americans were here first, so all the platforms, terminology, culture etc. was defined by them. then other first-world countries, which are mostly western, created their own pockets of internet culture because they had more access to technology than developing countries. as internet access increases, western dominance of it decreases. like now there is a very prominent Indian presence on mainstream platforms, and China has a bunch of their own platforms
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Americans were here first, so all the platforms, terminology, culture etc. was defined by them. then other first-world countries, which are mostly western, created their own pockets of internet culture because they had more access to technology than developing countries. as internet access increases, western dominance of it decreases. like now there is a very prominent Indian presence on mainstream platforms, and China has a bunch of their own platforms