Anecdote for: when I joined Quora, almost everyone there was from the Valley, which got a bit annoying sometimes, as the default assumption was that you were in California. Eg I asked "What's the best way for a British graduate to break into China's tech industry?" I had 2 or 3 answers on the lines of "don't, stay in Silicon Valley for now". I've never been to SV.
Anecdote against: that seems to have died down now, and there's tons of smart people from all over. It's probably one of the best forums I've found for discussing startups in China; Andy Mok, Paul Delinger, Kaiser Kuo, heck even Da Shan are on there.
Anecdote for: when I joined Quora, almost everyone there was from the Valley, which got a bit annoying sometimes, as the default assumption was that you were in California. Eg I asked "What's the best way for a British graduate to break into China's tech industry?" I had 2 or 3 answers on the lines of "don't, stay in Silicon Valley for now". I've never been to SV.
Anecdote against: that seems to have died down now, and there's tons of smart people from all over. It's probably one of the best forums I've found for discussing startups in China; Andy Mok, Paul Delinger, Kaiser Kuo, heck even Da Shan are on there.