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It's weird that there isn't a US-specific Lemmy instance (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by WhoRoger@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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 ( !bears@lemmy.world ), states/cities like !texas@lemmy.world or even !politics@lemmy.world (while !uspolitics@lemmy.world 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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[–] Propane@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course the Germans have have everything all organized.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Ja natürlich :)

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what we love about them. And the accent when they speak English. And their cars. Not forgetting their tools. Beer.

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Brandschutz 👍

[–] Dragonmind@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] yoshisaur@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t forget about subscription services for everything!

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I like my life for rent!

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

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

[–] KeisukeTakatou@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

ShitAmericansSay

[–] oxf@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

To be fair, they are to thank for the internet, so I guess it makes sense...

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.