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What are the bad patterns of Reddit to never repeat on Lemmy? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, "this" comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

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[–] 120 points 3 years ago (49 children)

Reddit became too America focused. Most of the posts were about America or assumed everyone reading was American. It felt very exclusionary.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Well I think ideally that's what different instances should help. I'm on a Canadian instance with a lot of Canadian specific communities. I've seen instances of many other specific countries. That should theoretically counter that whole experience on Reddit

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I think this will remain a problem on any platform that includes enough Americans. The general public in America just seems unaware of anything outside America.

    I think this stems from their education system, what they (don't) broadcast on mass-media and how normal and even laudable they consider fanatical nationalism to be (did you know they require children to swear devotion to the nation state every day at school!?).

    In any case, I don't think this is a problem that any platform that wants to include Americans can avoid.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    (did you know they require children to swear devotion to the nation state every day at school!?).

    Untrue. Happens in some areas, but far from universal. However, it is weird (self-loathing american reporting).

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It's also that it's legitimately unusual to travel to another country more than once or twice before you're an adult because of the geography.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That's just a demographics game. Most reddit users live in the US.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (25 children)

    I saw this complaint on reddit a lot, but at the end of the day, it was a US based site. Of course there will be mostly Americans and they will default to that understanding.

    Also, the US is a large country. It's not like Europe where you're a day trip away from 5 other countries. Most Americans can't afford travel outside the US, so they only have exposure to the many cultures within the US.

    The hate Americans get for not catering discussion on a US based site to the global community is really what's strange.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Most Americans can’t afford travel outside the US, so they only have exposure to the many cultures within the US.

    You can travel in a straight line over land 2700 miles from Washington to Florida without leaving the United States. Make a foray into Canada and you can travel a 4300 mile long straight line from Alaska to Florida without leaving a country that speaks majority English.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (15 children)

    This comment itself is ironically filled with American exceptionalism mythology.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (14 children)

    I'm curious, which part is a myth? I only see facts and not all of them paint America as great.

    These things exist elsewhere, besides. Just not always in "the West."

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (13 children)

    Americans size doesn't excuse their ignorance and a lot of other countries don't believe they are the only country the way americans do.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Let me simplify this. Would you go to a forum with an address in .ar and complain that the discussion doesn't pertain to you? You wouldn't, but you are just blindly hateful of Americans for whatever reason.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Fine if you want your websites to be an american echo chamber you do you. Thats what you want not me and thats not what sites you probably claim to be american advertise themselves as either.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago* (6 children)

    America is far from a monolith. Our states roughly equate to different European countries with vastly different cultures, foods, rights and laws.

    We just speak dialects that are almost all the same and roll up under one political entity. It is not so dissimilar than the EU, otherwise.

    We are, in many practical terms a forced confederation with a shared Constitution. There are those, like in the EU, who want out.

    Edit: the shared single language is one of our under-recognized super-powers. I can travel this huge land mass and communicate viably everywhere. It is key to our cultural impact. It is accidental, but helpful to us. Except when we have people who dislike our impact and become hostile.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Except that's not true states are no where near similar to countries. Hell a lot of european countries are arguably more diverse internally by far than america examples include the spanish regions, french regions, italian regions and so many others. To argue the US is like the EU is to completely ignore the independence of EU counties and how each of those organizations work to a delusional level. The US throughout its country is very culturally similar with most differences on racial and economic basis.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

    Sounds like we're both wrong, then.

    If I drive 45 minutes east, I'm in something akin to the US south. Extremely conservative in specific ways. North a few hours and everyone distrusts anyone who didn't grow up there.

    45 minutes west and I'm in everyone's favorite (not) failed city, San Francisco.

    And those very conservative places I mentioned.. are quite different from south conservative. They drive the same vehicles, wear the same hats, but don't hold the same values.

    California, for all its notoriety as being overly accepting has known pla es POC are advised against visiting. Some areas are very non-church and others are profoundly Christian or other religions.

    We have enclaves of near-pure ethnic/cultural people tracing back to wherever. I'm not simply talking about Chinatown or Japan town.

    We're not a monolith even within a small area. I didn't assert that the EU was. Only that we are more diverse than credited.

    Particularly when the topic arises by people comfortable talking others how to be when they know nothing of the person or people.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Okay but comparing it to the whole EU is nonsense especially when you compare its "diversity" to only spain and find it wanting comparing the examples you gave to Catalonia vs Basque county vs Galicia and you can find similar major differences in many individual EU countries. The US is not a monolith no but compared to a multiple country alliance is insane.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You continue to assert I, or others, are saying things we are not. I have not alleged that the EU is lacking or "wanting."

    I'm saying the US is far more diverse than is often credited. People are moving from one state to another because of that very reason. It is a confederation of states, by law. And our SCOTUS is making that more true each year.

    I am not saying "parity" but I am saying it's far closer than your broad brush comments.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Which Americans are you talking to? We know there are other countries and cultures. We just aren't responsible for learning deeply about all of them. No one is.

    You're using some strong, broad strokes that aren't reflective of my experience at all.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You should learn about experiences outside your own that you are not is not a good thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I appreciate that. What bugs me is when people don't read the name of the sub they're in though - if it's askUK or casualuk then maybe it's not the place to talk about America, particularly when it's an advice thread about laws for example.

    Just some self awareness would be good.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Christ, yes. Every other comment or post was something that assumed everyone was in the USA, or that they were the greatest most perfect wonderful nation and all others are basically hell on earth.

    πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Literally full of shit lmao. Who on reddit mainstream is talking about how the US is the greatest place on Earth.

    Usually its the entire other way around where Reddit is acting like the apocalypse is about to start at any point.

    Here's a new one for this thread. "People who complain about Americans over the dumbest things". It's straight up like you have a chip on your shoulder.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (5 children)

    But that were some good opportunities to dunk on the world epicenter, i've always took them

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    What id like to see on Lemmy is less America-hate... Or just hating on countries in general. Hatable humans live in countries, let's talk about them instead of everybody in that country. "Gunshot story? Must be America!" Gets old really quick

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I hate many countries, USA included. But not the people. Heck I even hate my own country.

    The thing is, the people don't run those countries.

    But, also I do need to mention that the laws that are being made do affect the society and their ideas.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    This, nationalism is just the worst. You've achieved nothing by being born in a certain country, waving that flag around proudly thinking you're superior to anyone else is just something i can't understand.

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