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RE: BAYANIHAN: Announcing the Steemit Philippines Curation Project
I don't understand why you all seem to be encouraging people to write in Filipino. Fair enough if people aren't comfortable writing in English but for the ones who are then they'll do much better on here sticking to English.
There is also a large audience in the search engines and these posts do good in the search engines for steemit growth. We also encourage going the extra mile, so some endeavor to write an English translation of the Filipino posts within the same post
ok mate, up to you guys. I personally disagree though, all the big Filipino websites write in English. Lazada etc and they're websites aimed solely at the Philippines. I'm sure they'll of tested writing in Tagalog instead.
Well i don't disagree either. Steemit is at a phase currently that involves steemit growth and so there is reason for this. There are many underlying reasons for things that happen on steemit. Overall, i try to admonish people who write in Filipino, to exert themselves if possible to write the English translation as well.
I like reading it and on my own experience I realized that it is better to write a message in English anyway, as it is better perceived.
They can choose to write english or filipino language.
'Filipino (Tagalog, Bisaya, Bikolano, and the like; highly encouraged)'
I was referring to this which I've seen quite a few other people mention too.
I am honestly more comfortable in writing (and, yeah, speaking) in English. But I know a lot of Filipinos (some of my relatives and friends) who want to join Steemit but are literally "scared" of the notion of having to write in English. Often they would ask me if they are "required" to write in English and would supply that they are not confident with the language. I had to show them that they can write as comfortably as they want.
By having the community support the use of our local languages here on Steemit (via posting in Tagalog, Bisaya, etc), we encourage other Filipinos to join the platform and consequently not be pressured to write in a language they are not comfortable with. Of course, we support Pinoys and expats who write in English just as much. 😉 In the end, what matters is that we get to support the Philippine community here on Steemit.
Thanks for pointing that out, @dan90! 😊 (That was a really long comment; sorry about that. 😂)
My post are all in English language though :)
Me too, I just think it would be cool to have an all Bisaya post, keep the Cebuano dialect alive in the blockchain, and other dialects as well before they are wiped out by all locals being more confident writing in English.
Not all Filipinos are fluent in English and they're afraid of getting criticized. We're trying to replicate growth just as #kn did, also look at #cn.
@dan90
The Project is called Bayanihan and I think encouraging Filipinos to join steemit and write in Pilipino is not bad at all. It will even motivate those who are not profound in english to join steemit... sometimes , it is a matter of self-confidence . I´ve been seeing lots of steemians from Germany and Austria writing in german only, there are koreans and chinese writing in their own scripts. Some Filipinos may not be comfortable to write in english because they never have the chance to practice english in real life. If we are to ask them to write in english only, then they may be discouraged and would not join at all.
In my recent experience in submitting my entry for Potograpiyang Pilipino, I found it hard to translate some of my thoughts in Filipino. But that said, it was a fun experience overall. And I don't see anything wrong when users post in vernacular. But yes, for the benefit of the international audience, translations should be provided. I think posting in Filipino makes us appreciate our heritage more, while providing translation makes one's post not alienating. So win-win.^^