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kwassa

(23,340 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:25 PM Sep 2014

Another factoid that jumped out of an article today ...

This is an opinion piece by the founder of OKCupid in the Wall Street Journal about how mass social media sites reveal human behaviors. An interesting topic, and this was an aside.

"When Websites Peek into Private Lives
Using personal data for research has vast benefits, says OkCupid founder Christian Rudder"

http://online.wsj.com/articles/when-websites-peek-into-private-lives-1409851575

My bolding for emphasis.

The possibilities of this research are as varied as the human condition, and it is uniquely able to uncover hidden narratives because the data reveal what we're doing, not merely what we're saying or hoping we do. Facebook in particular, because of its world-wide popularity, allows its scientists to understand groups of people other research can't reach. I've seen myself how messaging patterns on OkCupid betray a deep bias against our black users—even among our coastal, upscale, ostensibly progressive audience. At Google, they've found that Americans still search for racist jokes millions of times a year. That is something worth knowing about ourselves.
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Another factoid that jumped out of an article today ... (Original Post) kwassa Sep 2014 OP
What are "messaging patterns", I wonder..? Are they reading the contents and rating them? arcane1 Sep 2014 #1
Nope, it's just number of messages to and from. Salviati Sep 2014 #2
Ah, I see. Thanks!! arcane1 Sep 2014 #3
How awful- I had no idea. Tumbulu Sep 2014 #4
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. What are "messaging patterns", I wonder..? Are they reading the contents and rating them?
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:31 PM
Sep 2014

Yikes!!

Tumbulu

(6,267 posts)
4. How awful- I had no idea.
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 09:46 PM
Sep 2014

Very sorry to read this. I am a white female and I am afraid that there are probably a huge number of these same people searching for violent porn....always trying to put someone down it seems, very pathetic and sad and it leads to such a treacherous environment.....for all of us who are not in their club.

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