Comment on [META] Overseas News - Proposal for increased enforcement of Rule 1
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Rule 1 and 2 is what i try to follow posting here solely, I avoid posting about America in general and if i have something that’s just worldnews i post it in my own comm
With just one warhead, China sends a reminder of growing military capacity <- Because we are in the asia pacific so this directly impacts us
Left-leaning Americans are driving the U.S. birth decline, new study finds <- I asked in the body: You reckon the same for us? Because:
Fertility rates in Australia and other advanced economies have been declining since the 1960s. People are becoming parents at a later age, having fewer children when they do, and an increasing number of people forgo having children altogether (either by choice or involuntarily
I do wonder if we also have a left/right split on fertility rates, unfortunately didn’t get the commentary I was expecting
Europe swelters as more heat records set to tumble <- I am fully expecting this for us in our upcoming summer
One in six Britons think growth of Muslim population is ‘threat to UK culture’, study finds <- Wonder what ours is >.> 😅
The reality is that Lemmy is 99% American and almost all content/news that is American gets the engagement
It’s not the busiest comm but it’s up to you
eureka@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Thanks for the examples, and I think it’s great that you chose to relate some of them to Australia in the post body (e.g. “You reckon the same for us?”) to start a discussion, even if it didn’t get the expected conversation.
I’d assume it’s lower, but yes. On the other hand, I assume the majority of users active on aussie.zone are Australian, including users registered on other instances but subscribing to our communities, and that people choosing to use aussie.zone want to see more locally-relevant posts, with the option of using communities on other instances for the international content that all the American users promote to the top. Which is a big part of why I assumed this community should provide a counterpoint, being a place where (e.g.) Australia-Fiji relations have a chance at hitting the front page, which would have no chance in a regular World News comm.
But on the other hand, I do think there’s value in having the kinds of posts you’ve listed to draw comparisons and start locally-relevant discussions. And since this comm isn’t very busy, there isn’t much risk of US-centric content dominating any regional-specific posts.