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HN has a giant global user base. Wouldn't be surprised to find more than a few west Africans here. As for myself, here in northern Europe I'm a lead developer i
by codebolt 6y ago
HN has a giant global user base. Wouldn't be surprised to find more than a few west Africans here. As for myself, here in northern Europe I'm a lead developer in finance/banking, but for a few weeks a year I'm a farmer in Nigeria. Just because someone is a geek for technical stuff, doesn't mean they have to have such a limited perspective on the rest of the world.
- exolymph 6y agoMy bet is that HN traffic is power-law skewed toward the USA with Europe as a runner-up and then a long tail of everywhere else.
- ny2ko 6y agoI'm not quite sure why you picked west africans. I'd hope there's africans from all over the continent on here. Personally I'm east african
- frenchy 6y agoFor sure. I'm not American myself, and I also grew up as an ex-pat in a 3rd world country. While it certainly gave me some perspective, I wouldn't say for a moment that I really understand what it's like to be them. If things got really bad, my family was always in the position to escape.