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People on HN are not a special elect subset of the population, except perhaps around specific HN-adjacent topics (engineering, VC, computer science, maths, etc.

• bubblethink 20d ago
  I think, at least historically, the crowd here has been heavily based in the bay area and the odds that they've worked in tech alongside other people on visas would be high. So it would lead one to believe that people have at least some understanding of how things work. I say historically because like most social networks, this site has also expanded to become more of an x.com or reddit style global venue, so that in-group assumption isn't true anymore.
• fg137 19d ago
  A random person on HN is more likely to be or personally know someone who is on H1B and familiar with the circumstances, compared to, let's say, someone in astronautical engineering. Or let me put it in plain English: an HN reader is more likely to have a Chinese/Indian friend/colleague on H1B, and if they ever discussed anything outside work, chances are that these topics come up, and they get exposed to more information in the area. If you are actually interested in immigration topics, you'd probably learn a few facts there. At least between people on visa, these topics get discussed all the time. I understand that not everyone is based in US, they may not be in such a situation, or their conversations never reach these topics. But I would think they'd shut up instead of giving their opinions. That's called basic courtesy.