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[-] poo@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago

I've heard it called "US Defaultism" where most Americans online seem to assume that everyone they interact with is from their country and all US news is considered significant even when it really isn't.

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 24 points 1 month ago

Counterpoint: I rarely see non-US news posted. I do from time to time here on Lemmy, but it’s very rare.

I might just be in the wrong communities though.

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's because most of the world countries keep internal news, internal, but you're right tho, not enough representation makes people think like that

[-] Kyouki@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I do lean moee towards us defaultism being the case as other country news does get posted but has zero to none interaction because the us posts threads are getting so much more activity.

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 1 month ago

Outside Lemmy I use Apple News and what I kind of hate about it is even while traveling abroad you’re stuck with US news. I have both English and Spanish languages set up on iOS so being in a Spanish-speaking country, it would be nice to see local news in either language.

[-] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Wish we had Apple News :(

I generally avoid news of late of any kind as its just so bloated and every once a week or so just visit one of my local sites for a quick scroll.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

The community news@lemmy.world used to have it in their rules, that it must be US news, same as on the old site. I just looked, and it's no longer a rule on lemmy.world

[-] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I didn’t realize that — kind of dumb it was US-only when the instance TLD is .world. 🤦‍♂️

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I do this sometimes, and I hate when I catch myself doing it.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Imagine if different fonts represented different accents.

𝓗𝓸𝔀 𝓭𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸𝓸?

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I’ve been guilty of that- commenting before checking what community the post was in. Thankfully, I’ve found that most people outside of the US prefer gentle correction. Unfortunately, I doubt the average person from the US would show the same courtesy if the roles were reversed.

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago

I find that it correlates more with education status than nationality... but therefore it surely is more rare among the set of average Americans who have access to the internet than globally.

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago

... the average Westerner also has access to the internet? At most, maybe it excludes those who don't speak English

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