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> there should be a time period where Australian content dominates There is absolutely a time window when you’re more likely to see articles about Australia he
by tomhoward 5y ago
> there should be a time period where Australian content dominates
There is absolutely a time window when you’re more likely to see articles about Australia here; late afternoon and evening when people in the US should be asleep (notwithstanding the number of insomniac hackers likely to exist in a country of 330M people).
Recently there have been big discussions about the Vic earthquake, the Vic/NSW pandemic response, the new military alliance, and there are always big discussions about new Australian laws relating to surveillance and tech/media interference.
You won’t get a time where Melbourne or Sydney dominates every day, as there are many other major cities awake during the same time (there are plenty of big stories about Europe during the US quiet period). And big stories about FAANG companies will always get a lot of traffic/discussion as they affect people around the world fairly equally.
> A lot of discussion is US centric
I didn’t and don’t dispute that. But the claim was that content/discussion about/by topics/people elsewhere is almost completely drowned out, which is not accurate. It’s an understandable perception, but it doesn’t hold up to scrutiny if you look closely at the stories and comments.
- onethought 5y agoA second point, there is a huge Asian tech scene that feels very under represented here. I’m going to guess that’s more to do with there probably being cooler Chinese language versions of HN out there… but I don’t know. There is just as much tech/innovation/startups happening in China… but you wouldn’t know reading HN.
- Pick-A-Hill2019 5y agoWhy not be the change you want to see? Submitting articles is free and really easy.
- tomhoward 5y agoThere's been loads of discussion about the China's tech ecosystem on HN over many years. Of course a lot of it is politically charged, due largely to the actions of national governments and a few people's over-enthusiasm to get caught up in political battles (and it doesn't help that HN is blocked by China's firewall, along with language and cultural barriers). But there's also been plenty of discussion here between ordinary people about what's going on there. And there are always plenty of Show HNs and other discussions from elsewhere in Asia, particularly India of course, but also Japan and Singapore. Much of it you may not be aware of, as it's often not explicitly stated in titles or intros.