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Not everything is american politics though. It does get tiring to hear about American politics non stop. We aren't talking about general social issues here, but
by mardifoufs 2y ago
Not everything is american politics though. It does get tiring to hear about American politics non stop. We aren't talking about general social issues here, but about American politics. I wouldn't want to hear about Chinese local politics non stop either, and I don't think a lot of people browsing Hn would.
- rbanffy 2y agoThis is a good point - not everyone is directly affected by, or interested in, US politics, but, still, I think it's safe to assume most of the HN audience is going to be impacted directly or indirectly by what happens now in the US. I'm also not interested in all popular topics on HN, but I'm OK with seeing a list of posts where only a few interest me. A different matter would be subjects that can be triggering to people, but I haven't seen complains about that.
- mardifoufs 2y agoI agree that american politics are in a league of their own, as they end up affecting a lot of people outside of the US. (I'm Canadian, so it's especially true for me!). I think the issue is more about frequency. Like, I get that some events are very relevant (elections, foreign policy, etc). But stuff like federal grants or whatever is... hard to understand without context! Again, I totally get if this was news about civil rights, abortion, or whatever but I just don't see what most people outside of the US can make of information or articles like this. I wouldn't mind an article that summarised or explained the first 10 days of the trump administration or something like that, but there's been a lot of posts like these recently.