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It's weird that there isn't a US-specific Lemmy instance (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A ton of countries have a decently active Lemmy instance, including the English-speaking ones (UK, AUS, NZ, ZA).

The closest to a US one that I know of is midwest.social, which looks pretty lively from what I can tell.

Anyway, so lemmy.world is becoming quite populated with all kinds of US-specific stuff, like communities for sports teams, sometimes with generic names that could be used for other things ( [email protected] ), states/cities like [email protected] or even [email protected] (while [email protected] also exists), with other instances also having duplicate comms.

I'm expecting Lemmy to have, at some point, and hopefully soon, an option to block entire instances so that we don't have to see posts especially that are country-specific. But I'll need to block all the baseball teams one by one if I want to browse all and try to find new things.

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.

So, please someone make one? Or navigate people to the right one? Thank yooou

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Isn't it ironic that lemmy.ml, run by essentially communists, shelters a forum for American politics?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I can totally see it happening. "World? What do you mean world beyond America? That's the same thing!"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nah. What's weird is you thinking everyone should follow your strict rules about national segregation online.

If it's such a problem for you, instead of begging everyone else to fit your narrow world view, go find an instance that works better for you. Or, when you don't because that's ridiculous, make your own and block it off from everyone else not following your rules. Then you might be happy.

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