filister@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy !politics and !news are US centric and then we have !worldnews for the rest of the world? Am I the only one finding this slightly arrogant?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down119
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhy !politics and !news are US centric and then we have !worldnews for the rest of the world? Am I the only one finding this slightly arrogant?filister@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareMrMusAddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoIt’s because to Americans (including myself), .com is the US domain. There’s google.com and google.de. There’s amazon.com and amazon.co.uk, etc. .us is reserved for government’s sites by social convention. Someone can have a private .us site, but it’s a bit odd that they didn’t just use the .com.
It’s because to Americans (including myself), .com is the US domain.
There’s google.com and google.de. There’s amazon.com and amazon.co.uk, etc.
.us is reserved for government’s sites by social convention. Someone can have a private .us site, but it’s a bit odd that they didn’t just use the .com.