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This rule applies only to the AskLemmy community. A ban on US politics posts in AskLemmy makes sense for several reasons:

1. US politics tends to dominate many online spaces already, drowning out other valuable discussions.

2. Political discussions, especially about US politics, often become heated and polarized quickly, which can detract from the thoughtful, contemplative atmosphere that open-ended questions are meant to foster. When people discuss US politics, they tend to take hardened positions rather than engaging in genuine exploration of ideas.

3. US political discussions often fall into predictable patterns and talking points, which goes against the spirit of having thought-provoking questions. The same debates tend to play out repeatedly, offering little new insight or opportunity for meaningful reflection.

4. A community focused on open-ended questions should ideally have a global perspective. US political discussions can make the space feel less welcoming to non-US users who might have fascinating questions and perspectives to share about their own cultures, philosophies, and experiences.

5. There are other communities whose purpose better aligns with discussions about US politics.

6. People need some communities where they can engage with others and NOT have to see or think about the recent election.

Nobody wants every community to be a free-for-all about every topic. Please feel free to discuss US politics in a relevant community about the US, about politics, or about world news.

This makes me more likely to actually visit here. I'm sick of reading propaganda and people spouting propaganda from all sides, and I come to spaces like this for funnies, interesting topics, and so on. My political interests go elsewhere. I appreciate not having to wade through them here.

I disagree with this decision because people need to ask questions to prepare for their safety.

Please reconsider this rule.

It could be useful to link to some relevant communities in this posts description if people do want to ask questions.

I just made a post (my first actually) about this today. I think it's better for the user to decide what they want to see and use filters rather than block posts entirely.

at this point i'm starting to believe that the reddit format just rots people's brains.
i don't know the reason behind this decision, maybe it was taken in bad faith or something, but the amount of people shitting and pissing themselves over this when there are already other communities better specialized for it is mind numbing.

Hey I don't mean to get political but I got a real quick question here. What the heck is an America?

This should have been in effect for MONTHS leading up to their annoying elections.

It's honestly tiring to see the 20th post on the same topic from a country you don't live in

Rare dotworld mod W

Please permanentize this!

Honestly I don't get the hype about the US presidency, like sure, it was kinda shocking at first how Trump won, but after that I accepted it. I'd rather listen to other issues than the same thing over and over again.

I also find it wierd that many of the fellow Australians around me know more about American politics than Australian politics, likely just because our media covers it to no effing end, sure, do one news story, but not a fucken bajillion.

pointless. the entire lemmy will be on fire for a month or so.

I've blocked all US political communities. I've blocked 20+ users who posted US political content in other communities. When I now filter by most popular in the last 24h, it's only US election outcome content.

Instead of complaining can someone who dislikes this decision please just create a community like "AskLemmyUS", post a link here so people can find it and get on with it?

How the fuck is Lemmy supposed to serve as an open alternative to corporate controlled social media when the mods ban discussing one of the most impactful events of the day? You should be begging people to talk about politics here. Unsubbed. EDIT: AND BLOCKED. If I wanted to hang out in a fascist community I'd join twitter.

Would it be possible to have a single mega thread for all US politics questions?

There are alot of worried, scared people with alot of questions. Why not have a place for it, keeping the rest out of the community.

Thanks, other communities like !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world don't have such rules, the community is overriden with questions about US politics

I get it, but realistically there's only like 20 posts a day left in here. Nothing is really getting overrun.

ABOUT FUCKING TIME!

I came here since I was fed up with the politics on Reddit.

I was pretty disappointed when I saw the same thing happening here. So thanks!