>but HN is an international site with visitors from all around the world It's site that focuses specifically on the startup culture centered around SV. The sit

>but HN is an international site with visitors from all around the world It's site that focuses specifically on the startup culture centered around SV. The site if full of American idioms, cultural norms, and people regularly discuss American politics and the American regulatory environment. There are far more people living in America participating than otherwise. In most cases the default behavior is to speak about American issues without prefacing with "this is about America." There's clearly nothing wrong with speaking about non-American issues, but if you don't specify, most of us are going to assume you're talking about America.