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lemmy.rule (media.kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Ignacio@kbin.social to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 92 points 7 months ago

uses American stuff

Upset there are Americans there

[-] Ignacio@kbin.social 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't use stuff from that continent (in fact, as far as I know, Kbin is European, and lemmy.world is even based in Europe). But when I browse through all, majority of content is related to US somehow, and majority of comments are related to something in the US too.

I can block communities and instances, obviously, but generic communities are being pushed to US culture somehow, despite having allegedly users from other countries and continents. And there is no filter, unfortunately, so either block or get bombarded by US-related stuff

[-] Pra@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

Would it be because most EU countries are using other sites that are in their own language? Idk why I'd visit a predominantly English site if my English wasn't super proficient. That would just leave the US, UK, and Aus mostly, and the US dwarfs those by quite a bit.

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

US dwarfs those by quite a bit, yes. But India dwarfs the US in number of English speakers. Really, a majority, or at least a plurality, of English speakers are from India.

[-] Pra@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Wikipedia lists India at #2 in English speakers, behind the US. While a ton, I'm sure most of them would still be using their own Indian sites over a niche of a niche site like Lemmy.