Just a note: There is an obvious, non-technological bias in this thread at the moment of posting. The top-voted commented is objectively proven to be incorrect and dissenting opinions are being downvoted.
I would like to call on the HN users to think and vote on this on a technological, rather than a selfish nationalistic perspective.
The alternative discussion to be had is: Is Hacker News thought to be a global site or a US site with foreign guests? What would the consequences be if the conclusion was that it is the latter?
> Is Hacker News thought to be a global site or a US site with foreign guests? What would the consequences be if the conclusion was that it is the latter?
It feels like it's the former, but I dont' have the data to actually back that up. Most stories seem US-centric with occasional posts about China and Japan. Either 1. there's not much going on in the EU (or HN users aren't interested in it), or 2. I'm not able to notice the origin of many of the companies and projects.
This sounds interesting but I have absolutely no idea which conments you're talking about ("first" is variable), and why they would or would not be false.
I say this because every ZH story on hn is rife with astroturf (or just lowest common denominator patriotism), whose comments reek of "but, but, usa this, usa that."
Im not from either country, but Ive learned to tread the comments section with extreme care as soon as "china" appears in the title.
Yet, maybe you have a point. I just can't tell. So, would you care to elaborate?
I would like to call on the HN users to think and vote on this on a technological, rather than a selfish nationalistic perspective.
The alternative discussion to be had is: Is Hacker News thought to be a global site or a US site with foreign guests? What would the consequences be if the conclusion was that it is the latter?