▲ 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
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago (1 child) The US is the largest English-speaking country by far and this post is in English. Switch to another language and you'll see less US stuff. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago That has nothing to do with anything. You will obviously not be aware of it, but by far the greater majority of English speakers you encounter on the internet are not actually from an English speaking country, and definitely not from the US. That is because English functions as the lingua franca of the internet, so we have to use English to be mutually understood. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago That has nothing to do with anything. You will obviously not be aware of it, but by far the greater majority of English speakers you encounter on the internet are not actually from an English speaking country, and definitely not from the US. That is because English functions as the lingua franca of the internet, so we have to use English to be mutually understood. permalink fedilink source parent