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I see your point and mostly sympathise. It's relevant to the topic and provides a personal perspective.

>> ran by non-native English speakers

I feel this clause doesn't help promote your grievance. A big promise of the Web was that it was World-Wide. If a site in say Thailand could exceed say a USA site's quality, all the better. I get that your specific competitors didn't excel - except in ranking. But, in principle, good wishes to global competition.

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Listen I watched the movie Hackers as a kid and want to throw my fist up and say yeah too but in reality that's not how it works. These sites in 'Thailand' are very seldom competing on quality in my experience.

> If a site in say Thailand could exceed say a USA site's quality

For many users, a foundational element of the quality of a website is that is in English; it’s all they speak.

The site is in English. So it’s just like are you going to judge them for not being native speakers of English and perhaps sometimes making mistakes?

How’s that a non-native speakers problem?

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