Posting Filipino-centric topics on an international site

You folks have as much right to post topics as anyone else. How can we complain when there are also America-centric topics too. TV shows that none of us have heard of, brand names, supermarkets, stores that are quite alien. And the strange thing known as "the mall", whatever that might be. I don't understand all the Filipino things, but then I don't understand a lot of other people!

But, is it any more rude than posting topics about college or motherhood? You could say those are universal, but not everyone can relate to them. Not everyone has been to college. Not everyone is a mother. Most topics are going to have people who can't relate. I'm not Filipino, so no I can't relate. I also can't relate to talk about what happened on the latest episode of any daytime soap opera. Or discussions about health issues I don't have. That doesn't mean the people are rude. Heck, there are plenty of discussions on President Obama. I have been curious about the sudden spike in Filipino topics, but I just wondered if a bunch of Filipinos recently joined. But, if I come to a discussion I can't relate to, I just scroll past. I don't see the big deal.

well everyone has the right to post anything that they can like that will not be a guideline violation. if you looked around there are a lot of topics that only one specific country can relate to.

Don't blame them. That's the main reason why there are different topics here. People would normally respond to a topic they can most relate to. Besides, mylot is such a diverse lot that it's impossible to start a topic that all members could relate to. Posting a discussion that relates to a lot of people doesn't mean either that you will get a lot of responses.

aw thats sweet that even you are filipina you worry with other people too^^ yes there are a lot of filipino people here^^ and im happy for it bcs i really love pinoy people^^ even im not^^ but yes sure we must create topics that everyone can reply^^ and not only for pinoy people but i dont think they did it with a bad intention^^ maybe they just didnt notice it^^ but is good that you care for other people is sweet of you^^ but dont be sad with pinoy that did that. for sure they didnt mean to exclude noone^^

Tolerance from you is in short supply. I haven't seen anyone complaining about the Filipino-centric discussions that you're whining about. People will respond if they feel like it. Whatever kind of topic it may be. It just seems funny that out of all the nationalities you speak of here, a Filipino would be the very first (well I could be wrong about this...) one to complain about Filipino-centric discussions. Chill.

Personally, I don't think there is anything wrong posting Filipino-centric topics since MyLot is for everybody. There are a lot of people here who came from different countries, so we should expect that there will be a huge and different topics here from different cultures. Aside from that, we have the freedom to choose what topic we want to discuss here provided that it abides according to the rules and regulations of myLot. God bless always!

THAT'S BECAUSE THERE IS AN INTEREST (Philippines) GOOD FOR FILIPINO MYLOTTERS. ALL have every right to post Filipino Topics there. You don't see us much responding nor commenting on hard political and debatable discussions most specially when it comes to US politics. and every time a foreigner gets to respond in one of US heart of the Issues, some American my-lotters tends to react and prefers us to get involved in our own branch of politics.well, they're right....obviously. there are topics that i don't respond to most specially if it's Foreign Lotters problem in their own country or their lives.specially things that i can't relate to. But at least, when we post topics about the Philippines, they don't have to rely so much on International Media that repost much more on bad things that's been happening in the Philippines. they (foreigners) get the idea from Filipinos themselves what Philippines really is and not just what the media says. Foreign Lotters can respond, at least if they ask something they can't understand, we can tell them. and they learn something from us as we learn something from them (foreign lotters).

Just let people be. There are lots of American topics and I do not have that much knowledge on US politics... Pres Barack obama etc.. but its ok.. to each is own. I think, quantity in terms of answers are nothing. I think quality of posts and answers matter the most. When a person posts be it American, Filipinos, Indonesian, Chinese.. etc. a topic will just pop up in their mind whatever they think is interesting to talk about. Thats about that. If I will create a topic, I will just create a topic I know people can relate to.. in general. Filipino- centricism will not even enter my mind when creating a topic. :) Besides, by creating Philippine topics here may educate other nationalities as we also get educated with their topics they create.

yeah there are a lot of Filipino topics around, I've started one before too. I think the Filipino-centric/Philippine-centric discussions can be put into a minimum, perhaps its a good way to inform others of what is happening to our country but well... just put it in a minimum, can't really explain it. Though I have seen others putting discussions about issues regarding their places too, well, we are informed of each others' issues and problems.

yeah there are a lot of Filipino topics around, I've started one before too. I think the Filipino-centric/Philippine-centric discussions can be put into a minimum, perhaps its a good way to inform others of what is happening to our country but well... just put it in a minimum, can't really explain it. Though I have seen others putting discussions about issues regarding their places too, well, we are informed of each others' issues and problems.

Like most of the comments, I believe there is nothing wrong in starting a discussion which talks about anything Filipino. This is not rude, this is, actually informative. We cannot be accused of being rude because we are using english in commenting or posting response.