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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by amio@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.world
 

Please. All of this is mostly US politics. Please do not hijack "world news" to mean whatever new shit Desantis or someone else said this week. Every other magazine/community/whatever is already full of that shit. Please.

Please. Please. Please.

US politics already swamp out most of the content on the entire fediverse. It may seem like the world to you but there's almost 200 countries on this planet that are not the US.

PLEASE DO NOT.

Thank you.

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[–] GlitchSir@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I don’t think this is something planned you can turn a dial on. People are just posting their news and the origin of people here probably skews heavily US.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So, submit more non US news?

[–] gigachad@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Thats's entirely a question of moderation. I do not.know how actively this community is moderated.

[–] IverCoder@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"World news" and no news about India and Pakistan's latest shenanigans. lmao.

[–] parrot-party@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

World News is always bound to be dominated by the news of the spoken language. While English is spoken very broadly, the US is the dominant speaker by population. Most "international" news will be written in the native language of the afflicted area. Since people here want English content, you're going up see mostly English speaking areas. Since the US is the largest, it'll be mostly US news.

If you don't like it, start sourcing interesting English content about non-english locations.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

English is spoken very broadly, the US is the dominant speaker by population

You did the numbers? You sure?

I bet there are more people who also speak English in India or China alone, but adding in every European country should be a large cherry on top.

[–] parrot-party@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

While there are a lot of English speakers in India, it is not their native language. News about India will be written for Indians and will tend to use their regional language. Same goes for China and most other countries. Even in the EU where news might be interesting to other EU nations, news is often written in the affected nations language.

It's just smart business to make your content tailored to the target audience.

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's easier to google it than it is to live through an internet fight.

And it's less embarrassing.

They were right, whether they did the research or not.

[–] parrot-party@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I've looked it up before in a similar thread.

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

US is literally becoming a menace to the World.

[–] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Always has been

[–] REdOG@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

/l/politics already ran me off for trying to opine in on a more diverse political discourse than just US news.

Mod told me, "...all politics is local, and few care about international politics. You also have a language barrier that also makes global political forums less interactive."

Then banished my opinion.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What kind of cult are they running over there?

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tbf, the lemmy.world politics community does have rules stating US-only posts. They could have chosen a better name, but they didn't. World news doesnt have any such rules so it's hard to know if their intent was foreign affairs related news between various countries or just news from around the world. Until they clarify, folks will likely interpret how they wish, and unfortunately it looks like that's gonna lead to a bunch of US centric news (based on observation, though I don't know why). Posting it in politics or uspolitics would reach a better audience, but folks are gonna do what they do.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In my opinion, the mods chose the name because US politics is the only news that matters to them. They could very easily open themselves up to other countries' political news but they resist that. It just seems stupid to act like the US is the main character.

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I grew weary of a specific perspective in certain places, and wanted to see a broader diversity... I started threads with citations from that viewpoint/fact-set.

It's not the mods job to feed us threads. Their job is to keep things civil and to be fair to everyone who choses to participate.

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I am aware of a mod's role. What you said would make sense if it wasn't stated in the rules themselves that only US politics is allowed in c/politics.