• hopelessbyanxiety@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thats a valid option. Problem is, the user base of most social media si overwhelmingly from north america. When having not as many users from other regions, its difficult to have a balance. I agree that there should be a community specifically for US news and politics. Also, i bet the second most large user base is western european.

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      1 year ago

      I mean. Lemmys filters arent always just straight upvote related though.

      Things like Hot or even New Comments are based on clicks and discussion/participation.

      Its probably true that certain countries or events would dominate some of these more active submission (ie: Ukraine War, US Politics) but theres still plenty to be seen.

      I dont know. There will come a point where some level of delineation is needed. But the complaining and arrogance, especially coming from someone that has posted a total of 1 other time, seems…drama.

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        1 year ago

        Again you’ve added a good point. Although i have empathy for op, since me too i lurk most of the time, never posted, and yet i see the thing being centered around either the us or europe.

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      1 year ago

      We actually don’t know whether the userbase of lemmy is “overwhelmingly from North America”. It wasn’t a majority on reddit, so I suspect that it is even less the case here.