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Why should it have “diverse and worldwide perspectives”? Must a Muslim site be open to all Christians? Must a Japanese site admit me even though I don’t know Ja

by tomcam 2y ago

Why should it have “diverse and worldwide perspectives”? Must a Muslim site be open to all Christians? Must a Japanese site admit me even though I don’t know Japanese? Should a site for Ukrainians be forced to allow Russians? I do think of this as an opportunity for you to create your own site that meets your standards, however.

marxisttemp 2y ago
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- scripturial 2y ago
  Not everything has to be political. Can we go even 5 minutes without someone turning a discussion to focus on Elon?
  - bloomingkales 2y ago
    Alright, but he needs to stay out of the news for about 1 week.
  - marxisttemp 2y ago
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danpalmer 2y ago
You've immediately assumed that by "diverse perspectives" I mean controversial perspectives. Personally, I enjoy reading about world news, hearing about TV shows I might want to watch that aren't in my language. I enjoy reading cross-language puns and seeing photos of food I don't usually eat. I enjoy seeing people who don't worry about the things I worry about. If you don't want those things, if you don't want to know what's going on outside, then that's up to you, but I think that's a sad way to live life.
- appleaday1 2y ago
  there is reddit for that, I want to go back to an internet thats just primarily NA, if world of warcraft classics success is anythign to stand by or old school runescape, I think its time we did this with our social networks too.
- bhaney 2y ago
  > Personally, I enjoy reading about world news, hearing about TV shows I might want to watch that aren't in my language. Then go to any of the sites that already exist for that, and stop acting like any new site needs to function exactly according to your personal preferences in order to be acceptable. > if you don't want to know what's going on outside, then that's up to you, but I think that's a sad way to live life. You can "want to know what's going on outside" without needing every single website to be globalized. We don't need to completely eradicate local communities in order to be exposed to other cultures. I think an awful lot of people would find your position here to be the "sad" one. I know I do.
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  > You've immediately assumed that by "diverse perspectives" I mean controversial perspectives. Where is the controversy in the examples?
marxisttemp 2y ago
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- freedomben 2y ago
  What makes you think they are triggered? As an aside, I'd be very curious to hear your answer to the question. I'm generall very pro-diversity, but I think it's naive to think it's all lollipops and rainbows.
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- tomcam 2y ago
  How was I triggered?
JasserInicide 2y ago
Yup, we need to start bringing back the idea of the village on the Internet. There is no good reason why I need to know what someone on the other side of the globe thinks about stuff going on in my country and vice versa.

by tomcam 2y ago

marxisttemp 2y ago

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scripturial 2y ago
Not everything has to be political. Can we go even 5 minutes without someone turning a discussion to focus on Elon?
- bloomingkales 2y ago
  Alright, but he needs to stay out of the news for about 1 week.
- marxisttemp 2y ago
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danpalmer 2y ago

You've immediately assumed that by "diverse perspectives" I mean controversial perspectives. Personally, I enjoy reading about world news, hearing about TV shows I might want to watch that aren't in my language. I enjoy reading cross-language puns and seeing photos of food I don't usually eat. I enjoy seeing people who don't worry about the things I worry about. If you don't want those things, if you don't want to know what's going on outside, then that's up to you, but I think that's a sad way to live life.

appleaday1 2y ago
there is reddit for that, I want to go back to an internet thats just primarily NA, if world of warcraft classics success is anythign to stand by or old school runescape, I think its time we did this with our social networks too.
bhaney 2y ago
> Personally, I enjoy reading about world news, hearing about TV shows I might want to watch that aren't in my language. Then go to any of the sites that already exist for that, and stop acting like any new site needs to function exactly according to your personal preferences in order to be acceptable. > if you don't want to know what's going on outside, then that's up to you, but I think that's a sad way to live life. You can "want to know what's going on outside" without needing every single website to be globalized. We don't need to completely eradicate local communities in order to be exposed to other cultures. I think an awful lot of people would find your position here to be the "sad" one. I know I do.
robertlagrant 2y ago
> You've immediately assumed that by "diverse perspectives" I mean controversial perspectives. Where is the controversy in the examples?

marxisttemp 2y ago

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freedomben 2y ago
What makes you think they are triggered? As an aside, I'd be very curious to hear your answer to the question. I'm generall very pro-diversity, but I think it's naive to think it's all lollipops and rainbows.
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tomcam 2y ago
How was I triggered?

JasserInicide 2y ago

Yup, we need to start bringing back the idea of the village on the Internet. There is no good reason why I need to know what someone on the other side of the globe thinks about stuff going on in my country and vice versa.