Apologies if this was everywhere yesterday: I was siiick and didn't read much Internet. Anyway, couple of kids at MIT did a study supposedly showing that one's sexual preferences can be easily revealed by one's choice of Facebook friends:
They did this with a software program that looked at the gender and sexuality of a person's friends and, using statistical analysis, made a prediction. The two students had no way of checking all of their predictions, but based on their own knowledge outside the Facebook world, their computer program appeared quite accurate for men, they said. People may be effectively "outing" themselves just by the virtual company they keep.The students report having even better results with Manhunt.
Apparently no longer related: Can Gays And Straights Be Friends?
"sexuality of a person’s friends?" gay ones? So a program that predicts those with a lot of gay friends are more likely to be gay? SCIENCE!
but what about fag hags? Are they gay in the male homosexual sense, and therefore straight? Or are they lesbians? Or is this like most MIT endeavors and includes women as an afterthought at best?
There is no better place to say this awfully clichéd thing, Mr. Goons, but I have been secretly hagging you for months. Sorry? You assured me my coke slang was up-to-date, plus I think you laughed at one of my lame jokes once. You been hagg'd!
OMG! Both of you get off my REPLY string YOU ARE TELLING THE TECHNOLOGIES I AM GAY!!
Correction: we are telling them "U R GAY"
Also, this reminds me of the episode of The Simpsons when Homer is looking for a potential husband for Selma, and the screen turns into Terminator-style vision from his perspective, and when he scans Principle Skinner, the scanner it says "Pros: Uses big words. Dislikes the boy Cons: possible Homer-sexual".
This, in turn, reminds me that someone more connected than I am should pitch NYT Styles a trend piece on how "vintage" Simpsons references in casual conversations are cool again. Ehhhhhhhhhh!
Fuck. I won't have any friends left after I de-friend all "those people." Better idea - just de-friend Balk. That will at least make me bi-sexual looking. And get better Mr. Balk.
Whew!
So glad I'm not on Facebook.
People might know I'm a dude-lovin cock-smoker!
Sincerely,
Ha ha! It automatically redacted my name!
Awesome!
heeeyyyyyyyy
Porn makes you gay, too. http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/last_word/2009/09/senator-coburns-chief-of-staff.html
Thats because all porn is gay porn:
http://www.queerty.com/pornography-will-ruin-americas-youth-because-all-porn-is-homo-porn-20090921/
The gay bar near my town growing up in the 'burbs was called "Birds of a Feather."
But despite the flocking behavior of birds, friendship should be a many-feathered thing.
The software program used by these MIT kids was called "How Gay Are You?"
They didn't develop it - it just showed up in their Facebook feed one day:
"Your friend Mitch scored 'kinda gay' on the 'How Gay Are You?' test. Wanna know how gay you are? Click here!"
Sometimes MIT kids get sick of the rocket science.
They could have a field day with the guys on Twitter who have topless icons. It may be a trendlet in the making - and the making of a thesis in the upcoming comp. sci./gender studies discipline.
Those are guys?
Oh. How embarrassing.
I disagree. Facebook is for spinsters and fans of Romy and Michelle. "Gay" is just a red herring.
Also - if you are in a friend network with anybody from Project Runway...
I think an hour of Fox "news" is enough to turn most retarded!