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> 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
by 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 agoI'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 agoThere 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.