&gt; Is Hacker News thought to be a global site or a US site with foreign guests? What would the consequences be if the conclusion was that it is the latter?<p>It feels like it&#x27;s the former, but I dont&#x27; have the data to actually back that up. Most stories seem US-centric with occasional posts about China and Japan. Either 1. there&#x27;s not much going on in the EU (or HN users aren&#x27;t interested in it), or 2. I&#x27;m not able to notice the origin of many of the companies and projects.