Uganda's internet Shutdown

Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by codebolt on Friday January 15, 2021 @04:13PM (#25796570)

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.

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Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by ny2ko on Saturday January 16, 2021 @12:11AM (#25800227)

I'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

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Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by frenchy on Monday January 18, 2021 @12:21PM (#25824048)

For 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.

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Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by exolymph on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:11PM (#25797828)

My 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.

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