Until the rule is removed, any new posts about US politics will be removed.
This rule applies only to the AskLemmy community. A ban on US politics posts in AskLemmy makes sense for several reasons:
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US politics tends to dominate many online spaces already, drowning out other valuable discussions.
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Political discussions, especially about US politics, often become heated and polarized quickly, which can detract from the thoughtful, contemplative atmosphere that open-ended questions are meant to foster. When people discuss US politics, they tend to take hardened positions rather than engaging in genuine exploration of ideas.
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US political discussions often fall into predictable patterns and talking points, which goes against the spirit of having thought-provoking questions. The same debates tend to play out repeatedly, offering little new insight or opportunity for meaningful reflection.
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A community focused on open-ended questions should ideally have a global perspective. US political discussions can make the space feel less welcoming to non-US users who might have fascinating questions and perspectives to share about their own cultures, philosophies, and experiences.
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There are other communities whose purpose better aligns with discussions about US politics.
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People need some communities where they can engage with others and NOT have to see or think about the recent election.
Nobody wants every community to be a free-for-all about every topic. Please feel free to discuss US politics in a relevant community about the US, about politics, or about world news.
Thank you so much !
[email protected] seems like a good place to redirect those conversations, maybe you could consider adding it to the sidebar, should the rule become permanent?
Commenting again to repeat that I think it’s awesome that you’re going with a redirect rather than the ban hammer approach.
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Please permanentize this!
Rare dotworld mod W
at this point i’m starting to believe that the reddit format just rots people’s brains.
i don’t know the reason behind this decision, maybe it was taken in bad faith or something, but the amount of people shitting and pissing themselves over this when there are already other communities better specialized for it is mind numbing.Indeed
It could be useful to link to some relevant communities in this posts description if people do want to ask questions.
Indeed, having [email protected] in the sidebar might help
I disagree with this decision because people need to ask questions to prepare for their safety.
Please reconsider this rule.
[email protected] has 5 few active threads since yesterday, such as
Feel free to open others if needed
Can we still post questions about politics when it comes to moving outside the united states?
Of course not! That would contribute to the unmanageable stream of of 8-10 posts a day!!!
Sorry, was this sarcasm? My autistic ass sometimes can’t tell.
Yeah, but I was just whining, it wasn’t even a good joke. 🤷♂️
No problem, I just wasn’t sure.
Doubling down on the censorship of inconvenient truths will surely help after your whole instance demonstrated the folly in censoring inconvenient truths. /s
Remember: if you think you have to censor the truth about your supposed left wing candidate of choice, they’re probably NOT actually very leftist at all and you’re doing fascist shit directly for a fascist.
If you refuse to allow people to speak the truth, you’re not one of the “ good guys”.
It’s not inconvenient truth, it’s white noise for the rest of the world
White noise that sends missiles and bombs to kill millions around the world. It’s very dangerous white noise is it not?
If the rest of the world is educated on our sham political system then maybe people like you can educate the identity politics dupes that I have to be censored by when I point to rampant corporatism in an impotent attempt to wriggle my way out of this wage slave trap.
For example, here’s an image I love to point to that shows why the US is so stupidly tribalist:
It shows what needs to be done to try and fix this shithole country.
The rest of the world is already overeducated on US politics. I don’t know the electoral system of my neighboring countries even though that’s just as important, if not more. But US politics is shoved down everyone’s throats. Too much! Handle your internal shit internally and don’t spill the sewage all over the internet.
You have assumed the reason for the rule is censorship. I think incorrectly.
It would add some clarity if the post included a justification for censorship to avoid speculation
This is, wow. Just. Wow.
We just had probably the most consequential election of our life and you want to ban discussion? Jeezus.
Not ban, move
It’s not a book ban, the books just have to be approved before they can be brought in, and they haven’t been approved, nor will they be.
It’s not a book ban, it’s one particular bookstore stopped distribution of that book. The bookstore next to it prominently advertises that it sells that book.
Lol, I get it, I just find it fun to see all the traffic going to the comments of the banned post
This is an ask community, not a politics community. Not everything revolves around America
It isn’t called ‘ask lemmy about anything other than politics’.
How does that disqualify US political questions from being posted here, then?
POST IT IN ANOTHER FUCKING COMMUNITY! IF THERE ISN’T ONE, THEN BE PROACTIVE AND CREATE ONE.
That’s not what I asked.
They don’t even have to create one, it’s there [email protected]
Not American, but can’t we let the country with the highest user count have one day to process this and wonder about the consequences? Even I need time and have questions lol. The US and Canada have a very, uh, close relationship, so this affects me too.
Feel free to ask on [email protected]
… And now you can’t ask anything about politics. There’s was doubtless going to be political questions to ask, and politic adjacent (where do I move) that will all be removed.
And you can’t even ask about effects on the world either! Gaza, Ukraine, NATO, trade, tariffs, etc. Are those going to be removed? All valid questions, but sounds political to me.
Like way to shut down shit tons of conversation.
THIS ISN’T A DISCUSSION COMMUNITY! IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS. MOST POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS AREN’T OPEN ENDED.
Seriously? You’re this pedantic on the word discussion? Ok I will amend my first comment to:
We just had probably the most consequential election of our life and you want to ban
discussionquestions and the resulting discussion in the comments?Jeez all over again.
Most questions are “How screwed are we?, How did we fuck up this bad? Why are the Republicans so dumb?”. Like, these aren’t the types of questions this community was meant for bruv. And don’t act like you don’t know that.
Then you make a rule “no effort political questions”.
How about none at all. Go to [email protected] if you can’t help yourself.
ABOUT FUCKING TIME!
This makes me more likely to actually visit here. I’m sick of reading propaganda and people spouting propaganda from all sides, and I come to spaces like this for funnies, interesting topics, and so on. My political interests go elsewhere. I appreciate not having to wade through them here.
Hey I don’t mean to get political but I got a real quick question here. What the heck is an America?
Thank you! Could this be permanent? People can use an AskLemmyPolitics community if they really need to.
That or maybe politics Friday when those posts are allowed?
[email protected] seems good as it allows self-posts
[email protected] for news
We get 10ish posts here a day… I guess if you want less activity here good job you win. I hate these temp rules in communities.
I only see one thread in the modlog too. Seems kinda weird.
You cant break up with me, i broke with yoi first vibes…
