One part of the solution is letting people know the origin of the people they're communicating with. I'd like to see country flags on every piece of content on the internet, HN included. Not enforced by law but just by convention.
It's technically very feasible. The "unknown" flag could be used in cases where it's difficult to determine an origin, because that is informative as well.
And users should be given the ability to filter out content from origins they don't wish to interact with.
And this isn't xenophobia or racism or anything like it. It's about controlling and understanding who you're communicating with so you can take that into account.
In fact, in many cases users may find it useful to filter out content from their own origin, to get a foreign take on a topic, for example.
It's technically very feasible. The "unknown" flag could be used in cases where it's difficult to determine an origin, because that is informative as well.
And users should be given the ability to filter out content from origins they don't wish to interact with.
And this isn't xenophobia or racism or anything like it. It's about controlling and understanding who you're communicating with so you can take that into account.
In fact, in many cases users may find it useful to filter out content from their own origin, to get a foreign take on a topic, for example.