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Not seen here, but do social medias (namely and especially Reddit) seem to like to show "neutral" videos of India, that show it in a bad light? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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The only videos/pictures I mainly see of India don't explicitly try to show india in a negative light, but implicity do. Stuff like videos of people using their bare feet as tools to work on items, unsanitary restaurant conditions, etc.

I've never been to India (on my list), I love Indian people, their culture, and especially their food. Because of that, I'm relatively certain those videos are hand picked to go viral, but I don't have anything real to compare it to (my own experience). But also, the disgust seems very manufactured, with frequent racist comments as well in those posts.

Has anybody else noticed this?

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[โ€“] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As stated its conformation bias. I am currently in India now and there is granted a much greater disparity between rich and poor and both the things you stated above, there will be things that shock. That said it is a fantastic, massively diverse and rapidly emerging country, well worth discovering. Also it is very devolved state wise culturally, linguisticly etc. You experience will very depending on which state your in

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  • [โ€“] [S] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Could you expand more on your 2nd to last sentence? What do you mean be devolved?

    Yeah it could just be confirmation bias, it's definitely hard to confirm those things, and the paranoia with country backed actors trying to affect social media complicates things more.

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