filister@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months 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-square64fedilinkarrow-up1176
arrow-up1176message-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 · 11 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareMrMusAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·11 months 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@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 months 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 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