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This site is hosted in America, and largely populated by Americans, so it's odd you find it odd. If you run a site in India for Indians, for example, would you

This site is hosted in America, and largely populated by Americans, so it's odd you find it odd. If you run a site in India for Indians, for example, would you find it odd if users assumed everyone lived in India unless otherwise stated?

Matthias247 4y ago
> and largely populated by Americans that's an assumption. There's likely no stats on it, but I wouldn't be suprised if there's a large userbase outside the US (I'm not there, I know lots of users also not being in the US). > If you run a site in India for Indians, for example, would you find it odd if users assumed everyone lived in India unless otherwise stated? That's not really comparable. We are talking about one of the most well-known tech exchanges worldwide - so it is also of interest to many people outside the US. If silicon valley would be in India it wouldn't be odd if the site would be hosted there, and if international users would visit it.
- javajosh 4y ago
  I'm going to assume that you're making this argument in good faith. But it's a bad argument in its structure. In particular you're misrepresenting what I'm saying, and implying I'm saying that no one other than Americans uses the site. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that most of the users are American. As such it makes practical sense to assume users are American unless they state otherwise. That's it. That's my point. I'm not saying that non-americans don't use the site. I'm not saying they're not welcome. Both of those statements are obviously false. Speculative outrage that defies common sense is a big component of the troubles liberal culture is experiencing today. It is always possible to take everything personally, so demonstrating that you can take things personally is profoundly uninteresting. And worse it distracts from the best thing about discussion: all the cool ideas we can share with each other.
- ThePhysicist 4y ago
  There was a poll about this once: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 Looks like Californians take the top spot, followed by Germans and Canadians.
ojame 4y ago
I don’t think where a site is hosted gives any weight to its audience these days. That said, can you share where you got “largely populated by Americans” from? I can’t find any stats, or is it just anecdotal? With threads like these I assume the same too, but it might just be the loudest voices.
- javajosh 4y ago
  Strictly speaking you're right, the geography in which a site is hosted doesn't mean much. But take that as a proxy regarding who started and operates the site, who are all Americans.
hsbauauvhabzb 4y ago
> it's odd you find it odd No, ‘it’s’ not odd, you find it odd. Your opinion/feeling is not fact, despite you labelling it as such.
- javajosh 4y ago
  I want to invite you to consider an important question: are you making this an argument in good faith?
  - hsbauauvhabzb 4y ago
    I am, but I come a cross as aggressive because I am. I think there’s some fairly valid points in the thread also. Interestingly the vote count went up during American off peak and dropped substantially during the American day. I don’t care about vote count, but I think it’s relevant here.
YPPH 4y ago
>largely populated by Americans Where should you draw the line? Surely not at "more Americans than non-Americans". In your postulated example, I suspect the number of people in India would well exceed 50%. I think the simple proposition is this: this site has a sufficiently high non-US audience that it can reasonably be expected you specify your post only concerns the US.

Matthias247 4y ago

> and largely populated by Americans that's an assumption. There's likely no stats on it, but I wouldn't be suprised if there's a large userbase outside the US (I'm not there, I know lots of users also not being in the US). > If you run a site in India for Indians, for example, would you find it odd if users assumed everyone lived in India unless otherwise stated? That's not really comparable. We are talking about one of the most well-known tech exchanges worldwide - so it is also of interest to many people outside the US. If silicon valley would be in India it wouldn't be odd if the site would be hosted there, and if international users would visit it.

javajosh 4y ago
I'm going to assume that you're making this argument in good faith. But it's a bad argument in its structure. In particular you're misrepresenting what I'm saying, and implying I'm saying that no one other than Americans uses the site. That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that most of the users are American. As such it makes practical sense to assume users are American unless they state otherwise. That's it. That's my point. I'm not saying that non-americans don't use the site. I'm not saying they're not welcome. Both of those statements are obviously false. Speculative outrage that defies common sense is a big component of the troubles liberal culture is experiencing today. It is always possible to take everything personally, so demonstrating that you can take things personally is profoundly uninteresting. And worse it distracts from the best thing about discussion: all the cool ideas we can share with each other.
ThePhysicist 4y ago
There was a poll about this once: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30210378 Looks like Californians take the top spot, followed by Germans and Canadians.

ojame 4y ago

I don’t think where a site is hosted gives any weight to its audience these days. That said, can you share where you got “largely populated by Americans” from? I can’t find any stats, or is it just anecdotal? With threads like these I assume the same too, but it might just be the loudest voices.

javajosh 4y ago
Strictly speaking you're right, the geography in which a site is hosted doesn't mean much. But take that as a proxy regarding who started and operates the site, who are all Americans.

hsbauauvhabzb 4y ago

> it's odd you find it odd No, ‘it’s’ not odd, you find it odd. Your opinion/feeling is not fact, despite you labelling it as such.

javajosh 4y ago
I want to invite you to consider an important question: are you making this an argument in good faith?
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y ago
  I am, but I come a cross as aggressive because I am. I think there’s some fairly valid points in the thread also. Interestingly the vote count went up during American off peak and dropped substantially during the American day. I don’t care about vote count, but I think it’s relevant here.

YPPH 4y ago

>largely populated by Americans Where should you draw the line? Surely not at "more Americans than non-Americans". In your postulated example, I suspect the number of people in India would well exceed 50%. I think the simple proposition is this: this site has a sufficiently high non-US audience that it can reasonably be expected you specify your post only concerns the US.