Twitter uses an algorithm to figure out your gender
@Jardine wrote: It seems to me that there are quite a few possible reasons a particular user's followers might skew off what they might expect. It could be that Twitter's algorithm isn't as accurate...
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@Tribune wrote: I heard about this one person who walked like a woman and shopped like a man. On a side note somehow this fixed my problems with vimeo not liking me (technology is strange) Read full...
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@Tribune wrote: Anyway I guess i should get my wife to turn this on so I can figure out my gender. Read full topic
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@cherishhellfire wrote: Ask the Bots. I am certain they would know. Read full topic
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@cherishhellfire wrote: On another note, I just went and checked Twitter Analytics. Having a 76%M/24%F follower split just kind of made me feel a little dirty on the inside. =( Read full topic
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@Tropicalweasel wrote: In the article you state that you use Twitter! Use of a product is also an implicit endorsement of it, no matter if we want to admit it. It is not us vs. them. It is a group...
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Twitter uses an algorithm to figure out your gender
@GlennF wrote: Tropicalweasel: In the article you state that you use Twitter Do you reply to every article that mentions Twitter on the Internet? This is what I mean about hijacking. You have an axe...
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@Boundegar wrote: Yea, I got yer algorithm right here in my pants. Read full topic
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@robulus wrote: Tropicalweasel: Is this article a paid advertisement? Tropicalweasel: In the article you state that you use Twitter! Use of a product is also an implicit endorsement of it, no matter...
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@teapot wrote: Have you ever deliberately clicked on a promoted tweet? How would they determine your shopping pattern if you haven't? The only time I click an ad is in google search results when I...
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@teapot wrote: Tropicalweasel: Google, Twitter, Ebay, Amazon, are all companies that disseminate and sell our individual information to advertisers. This is misleading scaremongering. They disseminate...
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@comedian wrote: Do marketers care about gender or sex? What is gender? Read full topic
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@Tropicalweasel wrote: I am dissapointed in the responses to my critiques. I am wary of the modern replacement of democracy with a technologically fueled form of authoritarian capitalism. I was hoping...
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@GlennF wrote: Tropicalweasel: my viewpoints are unwelcome No, you just have to learn to be on topic. There are a thousand places you could talk about this particular issue, but nobody likes a...
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@SmashMartian wrote: GlennF: No, you just have to learn to be on topic. Just start a new topic. And that way it won't suffer from the 5-day guillotine, either. Wins all round! Read full topic
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@FoolishOwl wrote: I'm puzzled: the article claims that there are roughly equal numbers of men and women using Twitter, but in every example cited, there are significantly more men than women. Is that...
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@robulus wrote: Dude. You opened the thread by accusing a well respected contributor of writing an undisclosed paid article, then failed to justify that accusation quite spectacularly. If you keep...
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@PrettyBoyTim wrote: Here's one possible explanation: Say there are 10 women on twitter and 10 men. However, each man follows 6 other people and each woman follows three. There's still the same amount...
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@Tribune wrote: Organizations and corporations are not only people these days but they are also male? Brings up the interesting questions about how organizations interact with twitter vs how twitter...
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@egypturnash wrote: I have a strange feeling Twitter's gender algorithm is broken. I also have a feeling that it may be deciding bots are male. I know I have a lot of bots following me. Read full topic
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@Steve_Nordquist wrote: Maybe if they have someone geolocated at a Final Sale and typing in all caps, it's time to put that person in gender lockout for a bit? Lots of little bins. Maybe I can pop up...
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@tachin1 wrote: GlennF: How does Twitter know how you shop? Maybe it doesn't really matter if they do or don't, I kind of get the feeling that it only matters that they get other people to think they...
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@Thene wrote: I only have about 70 followers, so I did a manual count. Twitter estimated ~40 men and ~30 women. The actual figures are 16 men and 35 women; the rest are a mixture of nonbinary people,...
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@rmrice2 wrote: I only have 55 followers, and I know most of them personally, so I decided to check Twitter's accuracy by doing a manual count. Twitter claims that 91% of my followers are male and 9%...
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