Why is rule 6 specifically targeted at US politics?
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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If you have used Reddit for some time, you'll have noticed an interesting trend: any large space where general content is allowed to be posted and which does not prohibit US politics, will generally become saturated with US politics.
This happens to some degree on Lemmy as well. It's because Americans are the largest national demographic group on the English-speaking portion of the Internet, and because American politics in general is extreme and garners a lot of attention from others. So if talking about it is allowed, it will usually become all that anyone ever wants to talk about, or at least it will appear that way in a space where popularity determines visibility.
Thanks. That makes a lot of sense
I haven't used Reddit for years but I could see what you mean from Lemmy too. I just hadn't noticed such a specific targeting of limitations in rules before.
Now that I think about it, I honestly think that Lemmy has suffered this more than Reddit. Reddit has a lot of various non-politics related content but Lemmy seems to be filled a lot more with political posts. I get that many people find that content interesting, but after a while, one tires of it.
I think we'd all like to go back to the days when politics was only occasionally interesting.
Shit, I want news to be boring again. I remember when there was just thirty minutes of national news power day from 6 to 6:30. Then local news, and then The Muppet Show to put the world back into proper context.
'May you live in interesting times'...Old Chinese Curse.
The news has been full of wars, drugs, and domestic unrest since at least the 60s. In the 70s we added rank political malfeasance and conspiracy theories and here in the 2020s its more of the same. The big difference makers are the 24 hours news cycle and the rise of social media.
If you limit your social media time and stay off aggregators like Lemmy and Reddit you'll find that it's possible to (mostly) go back to the way it was.
reddit is way worst lol, every news article is almost related to trump, or israel
You won't believe this conspiracy
You can filter most US politics out, especially with Piefed and still have other content at least.
This was not my experience with Bluesky or Mastodon.
true, I'm sick of hearing and reading about the orange man's tales, but no matter how much I try to filter that shit out, it still pops up everywhere
I'm oversaturated with US politics.
So say we all.
As an American I too am oversaturated with US politics. It's been this way for a decade now and I fear its never going to end.
Sounds like my keyword filters and blocks are having a good effect, because I thankfully can't say I see the same on Lemmy