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[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

What kind of cult are they running over there?

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[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Tbf, the lemmy.world politics community does have rules stating US-only posts. They could have chosen a better name, but they didn't. World news doesnt have any such rules so it's hard to know if their intent was foreign affairs related news between various countries or just news from around the world. Until they clarify, folks will likely interpret how they wish, and unfortunately it looks like that's gonna lead to a bunch of US centric news (based on observation, though I don't know why). Posting it in politics or uspolitics would reach a better audience, but folks are gonna do what they do.

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[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

In my opinion, the mods chose the name because US politics is the only news that matters to them. They could very easily open themselves up to other countries' political news but they resist that. It just seems stupid to act like the US is the main character.

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[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

When I grew weary of a specific perspective in certain places, and wanted to see a broader diversity... I started threads with citations from that viewpoint/fact-set.

It's not the mods job to feed us threads. Their job is to keep things civil and to be fair to everyone who choses to participate.

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[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago

I am aware of a mod's role. What you said would make sense if it wasn't stated in the rules themselves that only US politics is allowed in c/politics.