The fact that you're using PopcornTime as an example is interesting - there hasn't been a Popcorntime discussion on HN for months. There's been plenty of threads[1], but mostly about the development of the apps. You have to go back 5 months for real discussion (more than 100 comments). I realise that this is just one example, but I'd be wary of suggesting there's an implicit bias to US-centric discussion using a thread from that long ago on a forum that gets hundreds of submissions and dozens of discussions daily.
Essentially, I think it's important to question how much of the US focus is real and how much stems from our biases. I don't think there's very much, but maybe that's because I ignore it.
The fact that you're using PopcornTime as an example is interesting - there hasn't been a Popcorntime discussion on HN for months. There's been plenty of threads[1], but mostly about the development of the apps. You have to go back 5 months for real discussion (more than 100 comments). I realise that this is just one example, but I'd be wary of suggesting there's an implicit bias to US-centric discussion using a thread from that long ago on a forum that gets hundreds of submissions and dozens of discussions daily.
Essentially, I think it's important to question how much of the US focus is real and how much stems from our biases. I don't think there's very much, but maybe that's because I ignore it.
[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?q=popcorn#!/story/sort_by_date/0/pop...