A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, “this” comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

  • DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone
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    Reddit became too America focused. Most of the posts were about America or assumed everyone reading was American. It felt very exclusionary.

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      1 year ago

      I think this will remain a problem on any platform that includes enough Americans. The general public in America just seems unaware of anything outside America.

      I think this stems from their education system, what they (don’t) broadcast on mass-media and how normal and even laudable they consider fanatical nationalism to be (did you know they require children to swear devotion to the nation state every day at school!?).

      In any case, I don’t think this is a problem that any platform that wants to include Americans can avoid.

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      1 year ago

      I saw this complaint on reddit a lot, but at the end of the day, it was a US based site. Of course there will be mostly Americans and they will default to that understanding.

      Also, the US is a large country. It’s not like Europe where you’re a day trip away from 5 other countries. Most Americans can’t afford travel outside the US, so they only have exposure to the many cultures within the US.

      The hate Americans get for not catering discussion on a US based site to the global community is really what’s strange.