It’s almost exclusively about USA right now and frankly I’m sick of this US-centrism.
Most new post here have been posted by @silence7, who is clearly an American. One user, means the post will be one sided. Thats not @silence7 fault obviously.
While I totally agree that climate is a worldwide topic, not sure what you think the options are here…
If the majority of users submit and upvote US based stories, that’s what will appear in the community.
If the majority upvote more global stories, that’s what’ll appear.
The only other option I can think of would be adding a rule prohibiting US stories, but that feels like it’s going too far the other direction, no?
I’m not sure what the exact solutions are, I just know there is a problem of cultural dominance. Perhaps a slightly increased standard for international relevance wouldn’t be entirely unreasonable? There are sometimes intranational political developments of interest to the rest of the world, but if we’re just letting popular vote decide what subscribers see without moderation, then based on initial observation, non-USians will just have to move to more regionally specific communities/instances or consent to cultural assimilation.
I’d love to see more content from outside the US. If you want to help out, you can post content about other places.
I think part of the problem is language. Sure I could post local climate news, but it’s not in English, so what’s the point?
Be the change you want to see. Things don’t just magically appear on the forum, people just like you have to post them. And if you can’t be arsed to do that, then be thankful for what others are willing to provide to you for free.
If I submit a dozen links per day pertaining to various details about a single game to a general gaming sub, you don’t think people would find that kind of annoying? Or what if a TV sub was constantly flooded by a large minority talking about some particular show they’re all watching. Maybe USians could have their own climate news sub.
Never understand these takes… Lemmy is a spin off of an incredibly us-dominant userbase so it follows that most of the users are American, who are going to post American things. If you want to see less us things, post more non us things, or make a community about your region. Makes no sense to punish the majority for the minority.
Spot the american
Stop leeching off of our culture, and popularize your country if you care so much.
