filister@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy !politics and !news are US centric and then we have !worldnews for the rest of the world? Am I the only one finding this slightly arrogant?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down150
arrow-up1143arrow-down1message-squareWhy !politics and !news are US centric and then we have !worldnews for the rest of the world? Am I the only one finding this slightly arrogant?filister@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoIt’s always a bit ironic to me that there is no feddit.us the same way there is feddit.de, uk, dk, it, etc.
minus-squareMrMusAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoIt’s because to Americans (including myself), .com is the US domain. There’s google.com and google.de. There’s amazon.com and amazon.co.uk, etc. .us is reserved for government’s sites by social convention. Someone can have a private .us site, but it’s a bit odd that they didn’t just use the .com.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoAgree, but where is the big US based feddit.com instance? The only one I can think of is reddthat.com, and I’m not even sure it’s US based. LW is in Europe, SJW in Canada, Lemm.ee managed by an Estonian citizen, Sopuli by a Finn, Lemmy.ml in France
It’s always a bit ironic to me that there is no feddit.us the same way there is feddit.de, uk, dk, it, etc.
It’s because to Americans (including myself), .com is the US domain.
There’s google.com and google.de. There’s amazon.com and amazon.co.uk, etc.
.us is reserved for government’s sites by social convention. Someone can have a private .us site, but it’s a bit odd that they didn’t just use the .com.
Agree, but where is the big US based feddit.com instance? The only one I can think of is reddthat.com, and I’m not even sure it’s US based.
LW is in Europe, SJW in Canada, Lemm.ee managed by an Estonian citizen, Sopuli by a Finn, Lemmy.ml in France