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HN US-Centricity Debate

Comments debate the US-centric nature of Hacker News, challenging assumptions that most users are American and emphasizing the site's significant international audience and readership.

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Sample Comments

mercer • Mar 1, 2020 • View on HN

Not everything revolves around the US, and not every HN user is from the US.

miki123211 • Jun 21, 2024 • View on HN

Why do you (wrongly) assume that everybody commenting on HN lives in the US?

dleslie • Feb 18, 2019 • View on HN

Not everyone visiting HN is from the USA.

stevejalim • Dec 15, 2011 • View on HN

Because HN isn't exclusively for a US audience, perhaps?

c0nducktr • Aug 21, 2018 • View on HN

Not everyone on HN is from the USA..

dang • May 5, 2020 • View on HN

Only about 50% of the HN community is in the US, and many of the users who are came from other countries. You shouldn't assume a poster is American.

Doctor_Fegg • Jun 14, 2019 • View on HN

...because not everyone on HN is American?

bluntfang • Oct 20, 2020 • View on HN

Thanks, HN is a US-centric website.

slickrick216 • Jul 24, 2021 • View on HN

Not everyone using HN lives in the US.

dt123 • Jun 10, 2020 • View on HN

you know there are plenty of Hacker News readers in countries other than the US right?...