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Why are geographic communities always negative? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world to c/eli5@lemmy.world
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Why is it that no matter where in the world, what country or what the apparent topic is, literally every geographically specific community on Lemmy , just like every geographic specific sub on Reddit, is negative. Literally every story is about something horrible, awful, sad or enraging, never anything positive for anything geographic beyond a national level and rarely even then?

Why is this with geographic communities and not others?

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because bad news sells.

[–] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

What this one said. Humans have a negativity bias. It's just how we're wired.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not literally every community. Seattle is a reasonable mix. I'm sure we're not the only ones.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

US Defaultism

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

How is that relevant here? I'm speaking about the communities that I have the most experience with. OP specifically said "no matter where in the world". Seattle is in the world.