The US-defaultism that happens on the internet is very annoying

I mean pretty much every website is US focused unless stated otherwise.

Of course the Germans have have everything all organized.

I mean you can just have your feed show only the stuff you’re subscribed to…

Given the prevalence of US defaultism, I don't mind the lack of a US-specific one. Plus, unless an instance, or even community, is regionally specific, chances are Americans are going to assume it to be American. Even if that subreddit specifically claims to be worldwide, it may still be dominated in excess by Americans, like the politics @ lemmy.ml community.

And I'm sure it would also be more convenient to have it all under one roof, just like everything about Germany is under feddit.de, and people from elsewhere can still visit if they like.

I'm trying to advertise my country's instance, feddit.nu (Sweden). feddit.de got a headstart with Germans by having been created before the Reddit migration and providing the first federated community discovery tool.

Instances that were created after the migration started on the other hand? It's frustrating with Redditor behavior, because they expect the Lemmy community to share the same name as the Reddit community (/r/Sweden) and only subscribe to communities that use the same name.

If you don't want your lemmy.world feed to be flooded with languages you can't understand, please make sure to annoy their users about it as much as possible, in English, that they should move to the country-specific instances instead of centralizing on lemmy.world. It's healthier for the Fediverse in general with everyone on many instances, in the long run.

Lemmy.ca exists for Canada too. There are dozens of us. Dozens!

well now someone needs to make the most obnoxiously American patriotic instance possible, as a meme

Well beehaw.org is hosted in NYC.

lemmy.world is not the US instance? 😱 🦅🦅🦅

Isn't lemm.ee US based?

I thought beehaw.org is US based.

I intentionally used one based in Switzerland. Like my email and VPN needs.

It might be because most of us Americans lick the boots of corporations for free or get in line to.