Heckling aside, the way the OP went about this thread was bad. The post office example was bad. Talking down to people about it is bad.
Just start with the image and say 'according to the games orientation, this is N, S, E, and W. We should try to use these and spread this info, and here's why....', then listing various reasons such as language barriers, differentiation in people's cities, etc.
Or, they could have gone about it in the form of a proposal and asked for the mini compass to be put in game to show orientation. People would have then said whether they supported the idea or not, and why. As stated, maybe it isn't an issue for them, etc.
The way this thread started was ridiculous, and so ridiculous responses came about. I support the idea of a compass in game to show natural orientation. It would help and have no negative. Simply making a thread is pretty pointless. Forum users represent an incredibly small amount if the actual player base, and this info would never be passed around enough to matter or make a difference. So it's just argument for argument sake.