As a counterpoint: moderation that just takes interaction into account leads to dumpster fires like /r/pics or communities entirely overrun by American politics. I love /c/lemmyshitposts but it’s grating how much US-centric political posting goes on in there. Like, a tweet from Bernie isn’t a shitpost ffs. I’d love at least one space not being ruined by American defaultism
The US has at least 50% of the world’s “speaks English as their primary language” population. That’s not “American defaultism” that’s just how demographics work.
I’m saying it’s an obvious inevitability that English-language content is going to be Americans more often than not. And, because it annoys you, confirmation bias makes it seem overwhelming.
Isn’t the share of posts on Reddit coming from the US at something like 42%? Most of the content is in English from what I have read but I could not find data on how much exactly, if you know where to find that kind of data, just post a link.
I am not annoyed, why would I be? Your “primary” language example is just failing the point. An English comment written by someone who speaks another primary language is still English. Reddit is an international meeting place. English is a widely spoken lingua franca in major parts of the world, certainly in Europe and to some extend in India. If you have a place where people from different countries meet, the language will be most likely English and that dwarfs the number of US Americans with English as primary language.
As a case in point, do you seriously believe most of the posts on r/Europe for example are from US Americans?
As a counterpoint: moderation that just takes interaction into account leads to dumpster fires like /r/pics or communities entirely overrun by American politics. I love /c/lemmyshitposts but it’s grating how much US-centric political posting goes on in there. Like, a tweet from Bernie isn’t a shitpost ffs. I’d love at least one space not being ruined by American defaultism
While I generally agree with you, the shitposting community is just a catch-all community at this point.
Murican here. I think a lot of those are bot farms or nation-state actors atp. We need breaks from our own politics too.
Ok but are you suggesting America-posting isn’t shit or that we need something like a /c/lemmyshittierposts to put it in?
The US has at least 50% of the world’s “speaks English as their primary language” population. That’s not “American defaultism” that’s just how demographics work.
Do you think only native English speakers are posting online in English? But you are right, it isn’t “American defaultism”, it is US defaultism.
I’m saying it’s an obvious inevitability that English-language content is going to be Americans more often than not. And, because it annoys you, confirmation bias makes it seem overwhelming.
Isn’t the share of posts on Reddit coming from the US at something like 42%? Most of the content is in English from what I have read but I could not find data on how much exactly, if you know where to find that kind of data, just post a link.
I am not annoyed, why would I be? Your “primary” language example is just failing the point. An English comment written by someone who speaks another primary language is still English. Reddit is an international meeting place. English is a widely spoken lingua franca in major parts of the world, certainly in Europe and to some extend in India. If you have a place where people from different countries meet, the language will be most likely English and that dwarfs the number of US Americans with English as primary language.
As a case in point, do you seriously believe most of the posts on r/Europe for example are from US Americans?