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[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 141 points 2 months ago

Not on Lemmy. Om Lemmy you're 50% German, 50% American unless proven otherwise.

[-] elvith@feddit.org 62 points 2 months ago

π•―π–Žπ–Šπ–˜π–Š π•Άπ–”π–’π–’π–Šπ–“π–™π–†π–—π–˜π–Šπ–π–™π–Žπ–”π–“ π–Žπ–˜π–™ π–“π–šπ–“ π–Ÿπ–š π•±π–šπ–Šπ–“π–‹π–Ÿπ–Žπ–Œ π•»π–—π–”π–Ÿπ–Šπ–“π–™ π•°π–Žπ–Œπ–Šπ–“π–™π–šπ–’ π–‰π–Šπ–— π•­π–šπ–“π–‰π–Šπ–˜π–—π–Šπ–•π–šπ–‡π–‘π–Žπ– π•―π–Šπ–šπ–™π–˜π–ˆπ–π–‘π–†π–“π–‰!

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have blocked sooooo many german communities and several german instances.

I browse all to get as much new content as possible.

But I have to block a shitload of stuff I am not interested in seeing.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 51 points 2 months ago

SPRICH DEUTSCH DU HURENSOHN

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

Nej, jag kan inte Tyska, men om du vill kan vi prata Svenska! (:

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[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

Tja, da verpasst du was...

Just learn German. Just do it

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[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago

There was a fair amount of French language posts too, not sure how much quality and engagement they have.

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Well, then have some proof:

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 13 points 2 months ago

Du irrst dich, Brudi - niemand spricht Deutsch hier.

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[-] poo@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months 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 2 months 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.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 43 points 2 months ago

If I was using a website called "Facebloke" that was well known to have been made and ran in the UK, I'd assume everyone on it was British.

[-] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Or the Australian version "Matebook", full with Aussies.

Mate.

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 16 points 2 months ago

We call it Cuntface down here.

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

...Anything written in English, and you can usually filter that even more by just looking for people using too many U's.

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago

people using too many U’s

You mean people using British spellings right?

[-] FardyCakes@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Why whateveur dou you mean?

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

Lol ngl that's probably how a French accent would look like spelt out XD

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[-] nikaaa@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago
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[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

I'm from Australia and don't mind engagement with the (mostly) US content.

Let's face it, the US election is the most interesting event on the planet anyway.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 months ago

also one of the most concerning ones

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago

My favorite answer when internet Nazis asked "How could the Nazis have won?" used to be "Be America."

It's not as funny anymore. They listened.

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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 21 points 2 months ago

Tbf it seemed to make more sense for the likes of Reddit, Facebook, etc. Similarly if I go to a Chinese forum I would not assume that everyone there was from the USA.

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago

I've heard this more times, and it's kind of baffling. The US isn't even the biggest individual country on Facebook. What do people who assume everyone is from the US think a non-US "forum" looks like? Where do Americans think everybody else hangs out online?

[-] Graphy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As a US citizen I think we forget how much of our shit gets out.

I’m always surprised when I go abroad and people are up to date with somewhat niche US info. I was in Hong Kong and some local dude made a reference to the fatass NJ gov who was chilling on the closed beach during lockdowns.

I do feel like I see far more people complaining about US people making assumptions than I do US people assuming. When I’m replying to someone I don’t put any thought into where they’re from unless they drop a context clue.

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[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Haha. Like anyone lives outside the US

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Maybe you should try posting more often then ;)

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To be fair, the US has the largest number of English-speakers of any country in the world. As a first language, it has five times as many native English speakers as second place (the UK). It also has one of the highest Internet penetration rates in the world, meaning most of those English-speakers are also Internet users.

The US is a single country that is three-quarters the population of the entire European Union, and nearly all of its inhabitants speak English and use the Internet. So yes, if you pick a random user on an English social media page, odds are very good that person is an American. If you were to guess any random English-speaking Internet user's nationality, "American" is the best possible guess. But go on a Spanish language forum or a French language forum and nobody will assume you're American.

Consequently, Americans generate the majority or large plurality of English-language Internet content.

Edit: Please stop replying with "English is a lingua franca for non-native English speakers". I never made the claim that someone who uses English on the Internet is likely a native English speaker. I am claiming the converseβ€”that people who natively speak English are likely to use English on the Internet.

[-] zerofk@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

I’m sorry but this is nonsense. I’m in a lot of online communities where everyone uses English, despite it being nearly nobody’s first language. It just happens to be the only language that everyone there knows. Language is no indication of nationality, especially online.

And to be honest, in those places the assumption is usually that everyone is European, which I can imagine is just as annoying for the stray American.

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 17 points 2 months ago

Americans generate the majority of English-language Internet content.

Doubt.

There are 1.3 billion people who use English on the internet as a first or second language.

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[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 18 points 2 months ago

There are tons of tankie subs where you can masturbate to false expectations of the planet and openly hate people who you've never met before, check it out!

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 32 points 2 months ago

ironically, tankies usually fall very deep into US defaultism, since everything everywhere is always the fault of the US

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago

Oh yes I forgot I blocked Lemmy.ml, no russian representation

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[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

I don't care where y'all are from as long as you're not a dumbass dickhead.

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[-] StopJoiningWars@discuss.online 18 points 2 months ago

Assumed by Americans which is an important detail.

[-] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To be honest I also find myself assuming this frequently. And I'm rarely incorrect

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[-] MBM@lemmings.world 15 points 2 months ago

I wonder if a news community with a "no mentioning the US" rule would work. Not out of any hate, just as something arbitrary like "don't use the letter E".

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[-] Juice@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago
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[-] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I hear you and am guilty of it myself. I feel like it's due to the anonymous nature of the internet. I think everyone immediately falls into the category of "peer" before putting a touch more thought into who the actual person (bot/ai) is that wrote the reply. Add that to the fact that most Americans see themselves (as a country) as the king of the world.

Maybe you can try typing with an accent, but I think that'd probably just be seen as a racist American.

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[-] JoYo@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i live in DC and we get tagged for everything world politics.

forgive me for not caring if fvey countries get lumped into uspol.

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