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US-specific news community (ponder.cat)

submitted 1 month ago by PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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Hi all. So I made:

!usa@ponder.cat

The thinking is that there isn't a good home for non-political US news on Lemmy. There are three obvious communities, but one is on lemmy.world, one is defederated from lemmy.world, and one is on an instance that I find just slightly off-putting.

My questions are two:

Is this useful? I assume I'm not the only one who feels like this is needed.
How do people feel about a news+politics community, versus a strictly non-political news community? There are plenty of good places for US politics. I could go either way, but personally I tend to like the news+politics combination, and I think a lot of the big news in the US for the next few years is going to be political.

Let me know your thoughts, have a good weekend.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also, I am not a fan of the icon you chose for that community lol.

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I’ve been pretty happy with !news@lemmy.world for the most part, but I welcome more as long as they take a solid stance against misinformation and agendas.

Yeah, agreed. It being on LW is literally the only thing wrong with it.

That said, I generally do prefer politics to be separate from news unless it’s something concrete and newsworthy.

I think you are right. I switched it to be non-political news only. That's the specific niche that is missing, there is no shortage of places for US political content.

Edit: Also, I edited the rules to include some of your excellent suggestions.