▲ 637 ▼ I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by dch82@lemmy.zip to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 235 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) Counterpoint: I rarely see non-US news posted. I do from time to time here on Lemmy, but it’s very rare. I might just be in the wrong communities though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) That's because most of the world countries keep internal news, internal, but you're right tho, not enough representation makes people think like that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do lean moee towards us defaultism being the case as other country news does get posted but has zero to none interaction because the us posts threads are getting so much more activity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Outside Lemmy I use Apple News and what I kind of hate about it is even while traveling abroad you’re stuck with US news. I have both English and Spanish languages set up on iOS so being in a Spanish-speaking country, it would be nice to see local news in either language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Wish we had Apple News :( I generally avoid news of late of any kind as its just so bloated and every once a week or so just visit one of my local sites for a quick scroll. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) The community news@lemmy.world used to have it in their rules, that it must be US news, same as on the old site. I just looked, and it's no longer a rule on lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 point 2 years ago* I didn’t realize that — kind of dumb it was US-only when the instance TLD is .world. 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) That's because most of the world countries keep internal news, internal, but you're right tho, not enough representation makes people think like that permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do lean moee towards us defaultism being the case as other country news does get posted but has zero to none interaction because the us posts threads are getting so much more activity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Outside Lemmy I use Apple News and what I kind of hate about it is even while traveling abroad you’re stuck with US news. I have both English and Spanish languages set up on iOS so being in a Spanish-speaking country, it would be nice to see local news in either language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Wish we had Apple News :( I generally avoid news of late of any kind as its just so bloated and every once a week or so just visit one of my local sites for a quick scroll. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do lean moee towards us defaultism being the case as other country news does get posted but has zero to none interaction because the us posts threads are getting so much more activity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Outside Lemmy I use Apple News and what I kind of hate about it is even while traveling abroad you’re stuck with US news. I have both English and Spanish languages set up on iOS so being in a Spanish-speaking country, it would be nice to see local news in either language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Wish we had Apple News :( I generally avoid news of late of any kind as its just so bloated and every once a week or so just visit one of my local sites for a quick scroll. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Outside Lemmy I use Apple News and what I kind of hate about it is even while traveling abroad you’re stuck with US news. I have both English and Spanish languages set up on iOS so being in a Spanish-speaking country, it would be nice to see local news in either language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Wish we had Apple News :( I generally avoid news of late of any kind as its just so bloated and every once a week or so just visit one of my local sites for a quick scroll. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Wish we had Apple News :( I generally avoid news of late of any kind as its just so bloated and every once a week or so just visit one of my local sites for a quick scroll. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) The community news@lemmy.world used to have it in their rules, that it must be US news, same as on the old site. I just looked, and it's no longer a rule on lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 point 2 years ago* I didn’t realize that — kind of dumb it was US-only when the instance TLD is .world. 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 point 2 years ago* I didn’t realize that — kind of dumb it was US-only when the instance TLD is .world. 🤦♂️ permalink fedilink source parent