▲ 340 ▼ Why is Lemmy so US-centric? The largest instances are in Europe, aren't they? So why does it have to be US news trolling as if it were Reddit? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by DandomRude@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 215 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 child) Maybe it has to do with your language settings as well? I imagine filtering out English will make your experience much less US-centric. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Yes, that is the implication I was making to answer the original question. The majority of content here is in English-->the majority of English-first users are from the US-->this is why Lemmy seems so US-centric. I was being a little obtuse because it's like a French-filtered user asking why social media seems so France-centric even though there's lots of social media in Africa--there are other languages that people use that you're not necessarily seeing on your feed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is not the reality though. The majority of English-first users is a quite irrelevant statistic, since a majority of people from non-English speaking countries still uses English on the internet outside of their specific national environments. The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans, so it explains nothing about why the English language (international) areas of lemmy are US-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it's a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP's question, rather than the internet at large. I'd be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Yes, that is the implication I was making to answer the original question. The majority of content here is in English-->the majority of English-first users are from the US-->this is why Lemmy seems so US-centric. I was being a little obtuse because it's like a French-filtered user asking why social media seems so France-centric even though there's lots of social media in Africa--there are other languages that people use that you're not necessarily seeing on your feed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is not the reality though. The majority of English-first users is a quite irrelevant statistic, since a majority of people from non-English speaking countries still uses English on the internet outside of their specific national environments. The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans, so it explains nothing about why the English language (international) areas of lemmy are US-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it's a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP's question, rather than the internet at large. I'd be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Yes, that is the implication I was making to answer the original question. The majority of content here is in English-->the majority of English-first users are from the US-->this is why Lemmy seems so US-centric. I was being a little obtuse because it's like a French-filtered user asking why social media seems so France-centric even though there's lots of social media in Africa--there are other languages that people use that you're not necessarily seeing on your feed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is not the reality though. The majority of English-first users is a quite irrelevant statistic, since a majority of people from non-English speaking countries still uses English on the internet outside of their specific national environments. The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans, so it explains nothing about why the English language (international) areas of lemmy are US-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it's a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP's question, rather than the internet at large. I'd be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) That is not the reality though. The majority of English-first users is a quite irrelevant statistic, since a majority of people from non-English speaking countries still uses English on the internet outside of their specific national environments. The majority of English speakers on the internet are non-Americans, so it explains nothing about why the English language (international) areas of lemmy are US-centric. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it's a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP's question, rather than the internet at large. I'd be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soleos@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Perhaps, neither of us seem to have statistics here so it's a little moot. But I was talking more about my impression of Lemmy, the scope of OP's question, rather than the internet at large. I'd be curious to hear your alternative explanation tho! permalink fedilink source parent