I thought I could take this down after the election, apparently not.
Please review the sidebar.
- No self posts.
- No meme/image/shitposting.
- No video links.
- No social media. This includes Substack and Medium blogposts.
- Doxing people, even Nazis, gets you banned.
Those posts are better directed to Political Discussion or Political Memes.
!politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world
Articles from trusted sources are absolutely welcome.
Items 1-4 can be used in comments, they just can’t be submitted as posts.
The usual lemmy.world rules apply too:
No calls for violence. Full stop.
We’re seeing an uptick in trolling already, trolls will be banhammered without warning.
Why is this site called “politics”, but you can only talk about politics in the USA?
Because it was created as a place for US politics. !world@lemmy.world was created as the US free zone.
Combining the two creates a US dominated space where world events get buried under US news and politics.
Rename this US Politics please. Nothing daily posted about my Australian politics. Also the logo is American.
!world@lemmy.world is for non-US News and Politics.
politics@lemmy.us should be about US politics… America isn’t the world.
!world@lemmy.world is intentionally set up as a US free zone to distinguish it from !news@lemmy.world and !politics@lemmy.world
Yeah, it sucks though that for 95.5% of “the world” we don’t even have distinct politics or news subs in an instance called lemmy.world. I’d really like to find a place where I can read about the politics or news of the actual whole world (including the US) and ironically none of these are that.
The problem is, that the minute you include US politics in the feed, it becomes all Trump/Musk top to bottom and there’s no room for anything else to breathe. :(
My pet interest is Myanmar since my daughter in law is from there, but even that gets drowned out in !world@lemmy.world due to Ukraine and Gaza.
- No self posts.
I strongly think this rule should change, it is important we are able to humanize each other, make our own arguments. Self posts are important way to do that. I think some guidelines to keep it constructive and high effort is warranted but an outright ban I’m against.
- No meme/image/shitposting.
I’m fine with this, but maybe a weekly mega thread to blow off steam in would be healthy?
No calls for violence. Full stop.
I understand the legal obligations here. I’ll also point out the president elect is openly calling for widespread violence. If some can say “cops should shoot/arrest/deport <xyz>” that is a call for violence.
Mods, You have a hard, thankless job, so thank you.
Thanks for your work especially on this day as the free world lost the USA.
None of us are as “free” as we believe we are. At the end of the day our politicians are all financed by our wealthiest individuals and corporations (many of which are foreign).
No matter where you are the majority of your domestic politics, your geopolitics — your “national security” — is intrinsically linked to the wealthiest individuals and corporations that engage with your economy. This can happen anywhere, and it will if we do nothing.
P.S. thanks mods!
I’m not going to make a call for violence, but I want to point out the hypocrisy here. The rich have chosen violence every day of our and their lives, yet we plebes have to be civil about it? Taking the high road hasn’t done us any favors, and it’s about time we learn from that lesson.
