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.

  • PhilipTheBucketOPAEnglish
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    23 hours ago

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

    GET READY FOR THE FUTURE BABY, IT’S HERE, LOOK IT IN ITS EYES

    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.