alt Hacker NewsIts also simply not true, Iranians have been on the internet this entire time. These people commenting are Israelis, which HN is full of.
Its also simply not true, Iranians have been on the internet this entire time. These people commenting are Israelis, which HN is full of.
It's the middle of the night in the region, so I don't expect very many human internet users from Israel or Iran right now. This may also explain why so much of the traffic coming out of Iran is flagged as bot traffic.
I agree that a significant portion of urban middle class Iranians have been online the entire time, but it's a group that is roughly analogous to the people in China who go out of their way to use a VPN.