US people have the unique trait of not shutting the fuck up about their politics online
Yeah, don't assume those are all people. "Bob from Ohio" is often Dmitri from St. Petersburg.
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2024
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doesn't change my overall point /shrug
Well you convinced me, I changed my upvote on your post to a downvote.
Is it really something you notice? I haven't seen that, maybe I don't go to the same communities
I think as long as the politics is kept to a minimum (US or otherwise) it's not really a problem. If it becomes a reasonably large portion of the posts then yes ban it in most communities. But it should really be done one a community by community basis.
the thought behind banning it and explicitly allowing "US acceptable zones" is so we can shove all US discussions there and let people talk other things in peace, and those who want to talk US politics can go and mess shit up there, far away from the rest of us who just want to chill and be silly in peace :3
doing it on a "case by case basis" does not help when the intent behind the hypothetical rule is to enact a Lemmy wide change in the atmosphere of the platform
As an American Im totally offended and I agree we should do this but I also need politics injected directly into my veins to survive so you are also a terrorist and killing me by doing this. Our country should stop you from doing this by taking over your country and pretending there’s no oil there. Also we can threaten you with an orange man.
But yes its an election year for us and I already need a break. Seriously just lock me in a padded room with no media access please thank you.
Can you share some communities that you think this rule is needed?
all of them that aren't dedicated to political discussion
Which communities are you seeing US politics discussed where it isn't appropriate?
Amen to that. It takes quite a bit of work to try to curate away all the communities that are explicitly political, and then you need to deal with thinly veiled political soapboxing in AskWhatever, NoStupidQuestions, meme communities, etc too - despite there being communities specifically for political content.
Some of us just want to have a silly laugh without being confronted with the lightspeed decline of humanity every five minutes. Fuck us, right?
Mods, please remove this political post. ;)
Most communities don't enforce the rules they already have.
I agree so hard with this I want to kiss your face and suck air through your nose to make your sinuses gurgle.
Also, as someone from the US, foreign politics are interesting to me and a nice change of pace from what I normally get
I'm on board with this. As an American, I am so sick of US politics. It's so stressful and difficult to avoid.
I agree, there are many communities that I think benefit from various types of no-politics rules, many video game subs for instance. At the end of the day its not about the rule, though, it's about the mods.