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I'm not sure this is particularly interesting for Hacker News? Not trying to troll, and I apologize if I'm way off the mark on this. I don't intend to cause o

I'm not sure this is particularly interesting for Hacker News? Not trying to troll, and I apologize if I'm way off the mark on this. I don't intend to cause offence.

tehwalrus 12y ago
Hi! thanks for contributing to Hacker News. If you don't think an article is HN-material, please use the "flag" link on the post, rather than posting a comment to that effect. You may not see the flag link if you don't have a high enough Karma score yet. Personally, I've seen advanced discussion on US visas on here before, and I would assume that this would be of interest to many in this community.
- lordbusiness 12y ago
  Thank you for the welcome. :-) It's not really an advanced discussion or even jumping off point. It's just one person saying they don't live in the US anymore. And yah, I don't have enough karma. Though it appears I lost a point for positing my original comment. :-) C'est la vie.
  - sounds 12y ago
    Because HN has a built-in balance of "more upvotes than downvotes," it shouldn't be difficult to get upvotes.
  - artmageddon 12y ago
    It's not an 'advanced discussion' in terms of technology but we have to face the fact that there are many people who work here in the States and want to work in the states that get hampered by immigration rules. My girlfriend is working on her PhD in CS and has faced huge uphill battles to get into for internships simply because of where she's from. She just wants to work on tech, but the hurdles she has to go through are ridiculous compared to what citizens or even immigrants from other countries have to face.
timtamboy63 12y ago
Definitely relevant for any non-US citizens reading HN.
- lordbusiness 12y ago
  Why? There is no immigration policy discussion, nor notable deviation from immigration status quo for the past decade at least.
  - adventured 12y ago
    The why is: if it's within a general relevancy, and is upvoted enough, then it's relevant to Hacker News. That's vague, but it's not far off base. A lot of the value created in that scenario, is in the discussion that typically occurs here, where people are able to share their knowledge and experiences related to the initial link that acts as a spark. For example, in this thread, SeoxyS discusses the O-1 visa, which is a situation timtamboy63 is going through at the moment. That kind of connection and knowledge sharing can be very valuable. Don't make the mistake of thinking most of the value comes from the linked story. Most of the value here is generated by the community itself.

I'm not sure this is particularly interesting for Hacker News? Not trying to troll, and I apologize if I'm way off the mark on this. I don't intend to cause offence.

tehwalrus 12y ago

Hi! thanks for contributing to Hacker News. If you don't think an article is HN-material, please use the "flag" link on the post, rather than posting a comment to that effect. You may not see the flag link if you don't have a high enough Karma score yet. Personally, I've seen advanced discussion on US visas on here before, and I would assume that this would be of interest to many in this community.

lordbusiness 12y ago
Thank you for the welcome. :-) It's not really an advanced discussion or even jumping off point. It's just one person saying they don't live in the US anymore. And yah, I don't have enough karma. Though it appears I lost a point for positing my original comment. :-) C'est la vie.
- sounds 12y ago
  Because HN has a built-in balance of "more upvotes than downvotes," it shouldn't be difficult to get upvotes.
- artmageddon 12y ago
  It's not an 'advanced discussion' in terms of technology but we have to face the fact that there are many people who work here in the States and want to work in the states that get hampered by immigration rules. My girlfriend is working on her PhD in CS and has faced huge uphill battles to get into for internships simply because of where she's from. She just wants to work on tech, but the hurdles she has to go through are ridiculous compared to what citizens or even immigrants from other countries have to face.

timtamboy63 12y ago

Definitely relevant for any non-US citizens reading HN.

lordbusiness 12y ago
Why? There is no immigration policy discussion, nor notable deviation from immigration status quo for the past decade at least.
- adventured 12y ago
  The why is: if it's within a general relevancy, and is upvoted enough, then it's relevant to Hacker News. That's vague, but it's not far off base. A lot of the value created in that scenario, is in the discussion that typically occurs here, where people are able to share their knowledge and experiences related to the initial link that acts as a spark. For example, in this thread, SeoxyS discusses the O-1 visa, which is a situation timtamboy63 is going through at the moment. That kind of connection and knowledge sharing can be very valuable. Don't make the mistake of thinking most of the value comes from the linked story. Most of the value here is generated by the community itself.