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Is there any reason why there is no large generalist Lemmy instance managed from the USA? Is this just a coincidence?

Thinking about this lately, especially in the context of the UD elections getting discussed a lot all over Lemmy.

If you look at the top 20 instances fedidb.org/software/lemmy

  • Lemmy.world and feddit.nl are Dutch
  • Lemm.ee is Estonian
  • Feddit.org, discuss.tchncs.de are German
  • SJW and lemmy.ca are Canadian
  • Lemmy.blahaj.zone, aussie.zone and Reddthat are Australian
  • sopuli.xyz is Finnish
  • slrpnk.net is Portuguese
  • lemmy.dbzer0, infosec.pub, mander.xyz, programming.dev, lemmy.sdf.org are thematic
  • Beehaw is USA-based, but defederated from LW and SJW and still on 0.18.3, so not sure they're even that interested in Lemmy anymore

Out of the top 20, there is Midwest.social and Lemmy.today but they are quite small (326 and 201 monthly active users).

On the other hand, a lot of other countries have their own instances
- feddit.uk
- jlai.lu
- feddit.dk
- szmer.info
- lemmy.eco.br
- feddit.cl
- feddit.it

With the USA population and the Internet presence of the USA citizens, you would expect at least one large generalist instance based in the USA, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

Any ideas what the reasons might be? Is this just a coincidence?

Edit: for Lemmy.world:

The website and the agreement will be governed by and construed per the laws of the following countries and/or states:
- The Netherlands
- Republic of Finland
- Federal Republic of Germany

legal.lemmy.world/tos/

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doesn't make much difference where your instance is hosted as long as it's not north korea or something
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I was referring to the tendency of US citizens to overtake generically named communities like !politics@lemmy.world

If LW was managed by a US team, why not, but it's not so it just seems strange

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@Blaze (he/him) @blibla Well the .world extension would suggest that it is more than just France.
i get that and you are right that they do.
I would guess that most users are us americans despite them not managing the instance.
That's where i am coming from when i say, that it doesn't matter where the instance is hosted
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@LiPoly And so the downvote to even this comment proves! 🤣
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I just want to say, you’ll be much better off if you forget about the points and try to ignore them. Taking all this to heart with such intensity will only stress you, since you can’t decide how others perceive you and your takes.

Just chill, participate and enjoy. Otherwise, what’s the point?

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Much love to the slrpnk.net admin team
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