[durnygbur]

In 1989, yes. Guess in what languages were translated the fields in passports of many countries from the Communist block? French, German, and Russian.

> Honestly if you think social networks are just for people who speak english you gotta take a look at the world a bit more.

Depends on how you see yourself. Passive viewer, poster? You're right. Contributor, creator of platforms and systems, advanced content creator? Try doing these without knowing English. Yeah, I mean more generally "the internet" and "the web" rather than social networks only.