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eh - I vaguely disagree. I think most of the people in the US are also off (or at least historically "dated"). Even without looking, I could pretty immediatel

eh - I vaguely disagree. I think most of the people in the US are also off (or at least historically "dated"). Even without looking, I could pretty immediately tell that this was wikipedia data, since most of the names are "textbook famous". So really - we're both saying that the word "famous" was probably the wrong pick. Should have just said "Map of wikipedia's most known people from every city" and then the skew is clear.

influxmoment 4y ago
It's very much western lense. It's what would a foreigner know in this part of Asia
- horsawlarway 4y ago
  Yes, and for much of the US it's also "What would a foreigner know in this part of the US". Ex: Atlanta is "Martin Luther King Jr". It's a great pick if you're going for "internationally recognized". But it's not a great pick for "famous" (at least in my opinion). Just off the top of my head, more valid alternatives might have been: - Kanye West - Spike Lee - Jeff Foxworthy - Pat Conroy - Julia Roberts
  - TigeriusKirk 4y ago
    Kanye West does show up for Atlanta if you pick the culture filter. And Julia Roberts wasn't born in Atlanta; she shows up in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, where she was born. Besides that, though, MLK is certainly more famous than anyone you listed. Not even close.
    - horsawlarway 4y ago
      Aren't you agreeing with me here? You're saying that we should be defining famous as "known far and wide" - which is fine, but that makes "what would a foreigner recognize" a great fit for the pick. I'm rebutting the idea that this is limited to non-western countries - It's not. If you want a pick who people from a location would identify with more as a local... this data isn't that: every person on my list is in my news much more often than MLK jr.
  - Cd00d 4y ago
    Let me know when I can celebrate the federal holiday Jeff Foxworthy day and go down to my locality's Kanye West Boulevard
  - whimsicalism 4y ago
    I agree with what you are saying but you might have picked the single worst example for your point I could imagine. MLK less famous than Spike Lee? C'mon.
  - influxmoment 4y ago
    You can tell Asian history isn't that well documented in English. The Western stuff is much more balanced

influxmoment 4y ago

It's very much western lense. It's what would a foreigner know in this part of Asia

horsawlarway 4y ago
Yes, and for much of the US it's also "What would a foreigner know in this part of the US". Ex: Atlanta is "Martin Luther King Jr". It's a great pick if you're going for "internationally recognized". But it's not a great pick for "famous" (at least in my opinion). Just off the top of my head, more valid alternatives might have been: - Kanye West - Spike Lee - Jeff Foxworthy - Pat Conroy - Julia Roberts
- TigeriusKirk 4y ago
  Kanye West does show up for Atlanta if you pick the culture filter. And Julia Roberts wasn't born in Atlanta; she shows up in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna, where she was born. Besides that, though, MLK is certainly more famous than anyone you listed. Not even close.
  - horsawlarway 4y ago
    Aren't you agreeing with me here? You're saying that we should be defining famous as "known far and wide" - which is fine, but that makes "what would a foreigner recognize" a great fit for the pick. I'm rebutting the idea that this is limited to non-western countries - It's not. If you want a pick who people from a location would identify with more as a local... this data isn't that: every person on my list is in my news much more often than MLK jr.
- Cd00d 4y ago
  Let me know when I can celebrate the federal holiday Jeff Foxworthy day and go down to my locality's Kanye West Boulevard
- whimsicalism 4y ago
  I agree with what you are saying but you might have picked the single worst example for your point I could imagine. MLK less famous than Spike Lee? C'mon.
- influxmoment 4y ago
  You can tell Asian history isn't that well documented in English. The Western stuff is much more balanced