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"But no-one was complaining when Silicon Valley was dominating the feed? So isn't it racist to complain when Indian topics dominate? There are two main reasons
by JazCE 13y ago
"But no-one was complaining when Silicon Valley was dominating the feed? So isn't it racist to complain when Indian topics dominate?
There are two main reasons why most people find it not too irritating to have a Silicon Valley dominated social network. First is that most social networks are initially dominated by Silicon Valley, so in general, people are used to Silicon Valley content. The second, and more important reason is that many people in other countries are interested in keeping tabs on what's going on in Silicon Valley because they feel that the same thing will reach their country in an year or two. So, too much Silicon Valley content is usually not a problem for most people."
This pretty much invalidates the argument... Do they really want silicon valley content or is it just the authors bias?
- Tichy 13y agoSurely people who are not interested in SV content exist.
- Wilya 13y agoI can't speak for everyone, but that's certainly the main reason why I'm not on Quora. Even before the whole "login to read" thing, I sometimes went there, skimmed through the topics and profiles of people and my impression was "So, it's a social network for Silicon Valley people. Why should I care ?"
- andrewflnr 13y agoThe correct answer to that argument is "yes, it would be better to be able to filter out Silicon Valley stuff, too (but this is why there wasn't as much pressure then)." Whenever people are accused of having a double standard this, I don't know why they don't just say, "Yes, you're right too. Let's be on the same team." It seems obvious to me.