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Or to put it another way if euro becomes one country and US splits into states the stats look a lot different but the same people are using HN all the same.
My country is not even mentioned, and I am pretty sure I opened that post. (My country is situated just below India)
>The data suggests that the majority of users come from the United States 41.2% is not the majority… Interesting data though, thanks for it. At what UTC time range was the Google Shutdown post at the top of the board?
Somewhere Between 10-14 UTC
Yeah, I suspect the results are a bit off.
>The data suggests that the majority of users come from the United States 41.2% is not the majority… Interesting data though, thanks for it. At what UTC time range was the Google Shutdown post at the top of the board?
Is there a tool to check this? Personally, I don't know of any, but I saw the article in the top 15 between 10 and 14 UTC time.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a relative majority
Plurality
...Although Brits tend to be familiar with "plurality" in my experience, while Americans tend to have no clue what a relative majority is (judging by the downvotes of the GP, it looks to be holding true).
An obligatory reminder, esp. for US-based folks, that when creating posts/comments when writing things like 'our country', 'the president', 'here', 'in the parliament', 'the law says', 'everybody here knows', and not specifying geographical details, you're somewhat confusing and potentially irritating ~60% of HN community.
An obligatory reminder, esp. for US-based folks, that when creating posts/comments when writing things like 'our country', 'the president', 'here', 'in the parliament', 'the law says', 'everybody here knows', and not specifying geographical details, you're somewhat confusing and potentially irritating ~60% of HN community.
Not really. Unless specified the poster being US based is kind of assumed.
An obligatory reminder, esp. for US-based folks, that when creating posts/comments when writing things like 'our country', 'the president', 'here', 'in the parliament', 'the law says', 'everybody here knows', and not specifying geographical details, you're somewhat confusing and potentially irritating ~60% of HN community.
I try to avoid doing that, but come on, you can just choose not to be irritated by something so minor. (Somewhat off-topic, but in case anyone cares: we in the US call it the Congress, not parliament.)
No mention of time zones when their post hit the front page…