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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€“] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

If you're going to talk about Reddit, I've found that there is a somewhat sizeable Indian community on the platform. Some of the videos I watch have the same tone of local American politics videos on Reddit.

My Reddit usage has gone down over the past few years, but a lot of the videos I see on Reddit about India seem to be by Indians for India and have people writing in various Indian languages in the comments. A lot of them seem to critique India as other countries would critique themselves.

That said, you and I may be seeing different videos.

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