On an international site like this why do so many questions assume we all live in North America?
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Brian I
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I'm from England but i find sometimes you have to ask some questions with an American feel otherwise you're not gonna get many answers as they don't know what you're going on about ! Also the greater percentage of members are from there but i know what you mean.
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I guess some would say that we are spoiled enough to think the world revolves around us. I think a lot of it comes from the fact that we are such a large country with oceans on two sides. Unlike Europe/UK, most of us here are not used to having different countries so close. It tends to alter your perception of things somewhat. I can understand how frustrating that would be to people from other countries. But I don't think it's done for the reasons you would immediately assume
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Who says this is an international site? To my knowledge, Answerbag is based out of the United States and the .com indicates a U.S. site. I love the diverse, international mix of questions and asnwers here, but MOST people, not JUST Americans are essentially egocentric.
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Considering that we Americans have a larger population and a higher percentage of 'net-connected people than other countries, it follows that the majority of people on this site are statistically more likely to be American.
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You know, I assume everyone is in England. A lot of users out there.
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