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Temporary rule added: no US politics (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/asklemmy

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Until the rule is removed, any new posts about US politics will be removed.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I'm for making a megathread for people who really want to talk about it here but I genuinely don't understand why you're upset you can't talk about US politics everywhere in the platform. There are tons of communities for that. AskLemmy is for

open-ended, thought provoking questions

Instead, most US related posts are for venting and complaining. See these communities instead:

[email protected]

And dozens of similar communities on other instances. It's not censorship to ask you to go to use the proper channels, not everyone here wants to see US news everywhere.

[–] laverabe 14 points 1 month ago

[email protected] too

[–] Usernameblankface 7 points 1 month ago

Thank you for responding with a redirect instead of a shut-down.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It'd be different if the instance was actually crowded and overrun, but it isn't. The instance gets like 20 posts on a good day.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

upset you can’t talk about US politics everywhere in the platform

I'm upset that a moderator believes that banning the discussion of a major national / international event is healthy for the community. I could understand that for a niche community like Music but not one of the most popular general purpose ones. There's no reason this should be banned other than a personal preference. This informs me that the moderators of this community are not interested in an open platform for genuine discussion.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not from the US and my Lemmy feed has been absolutely FLOODED with US political news for MONTHS. Yesterday's vote was the bushel that broke the camel's back, and I definitely understand non-political communities not wanting to be even more flooded with US politics than they already are.

Go complain about your broken country in politics-oriented communities, please, and let us talk about other, less despair-inducing subjects.

[–] pressanykeynow 3 points 1 month ago

my Lemmy feed has been absolutely FLOODED with US political news for MONTHS

Damn I'm so glad that propaganda flow that for some reason was even allowed in most of Lemmy will stop now.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember your words when Netanyahu bombs Gaza and people want to ask the community about it.

Just because YOU don't want to hear about something doesn't mean en entire community should BAN discussion of it. It's absolutely bonkers that anyone can rationalize this position.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not US politics. And the rule is temporary; the goal is just to get a breather after a months-long marathon of hearing about nothing else on Lemmy.