We think http://www.metafilter.com is written by a man.
November 4, 2008 2:14 PM   Subscribe

GenderAnalyzer will look at a blog and attempt to determine whether it was written by a man or a woman.
posted by jbickers (43 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
key word is "attempt"


Did GenderAnalyzer give the correct result for your blog?
Votes
Yes 56 %
2595
No 44 %
2007
posted by HuronBob at 2:19 PM on November 4, 2008


There was a similar thing posted some time ago: The Gender Genie.
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 2:25 PM on November 4, 2008


You had to know this was coming. As I knew this was.
posted by 517 at 2:26 PM on November 4, 2008


GenderAnalyzer cannot see my balls. I will henceforth start swinging them harder.
posted by rokusan at 2:26 PM on November 4, 2008


My blog was apparently written by a woman.

/I have a penis.
posted by Lacking Subtlety at 2:30 PM on November 4, 2008


It correctly pegged me as a man, but then I've got all this excess manliness lying around, so probably it smelled something.
posted by middleclasstool at 2:33 PM on November 4, 2008


It correctly pegged me as a man

*snerk*
posted by loquacious at 2:42 PM on November 4, 2008 [4 favorites]


The magic words "fuckin' fabulous" will jam any gender detector.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 2:42 PM on November 4, 2008


It somehow believes my blog is not in English. Sure, my grammar might be off sometimes, but it's all in English.
posted by tommasz at 2:45 PM on November 4, 2008


We think SexyVideoGameLand is written by a man.

honestly, that's the kind of test that it needs to be able to pass, since she indentifies herself as a woman on the site.
posted by shmegegge at 2:45 PM on November 4, 2008


It got me wrong. Apparently, I need to talk about sweater stuffers and snuggle puppies more often.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 2:45 PM on November 4, 2008


This is important how?
posted by Cranberry at 2:49 PM on November 4, 2008


This is kind of an oldie, isn't it? And if its own poll is to be believed, it's only right half of the time. Given that the odds are 50/50 anyway, that's kinda sad.
posted by katillathehun at 2:49 PM on November 4, 2008


It puts too high a weight on keywords, which is mentioned at one point in the blog. True in general that linux/videogame/etc is mainly male, but it's also something that I don't need an analyzer to tell me.
posted by Lemurrhea at 2:49 PM on November 4, 2008


Apparently, I need to talk about sweater stuffers and snuggle puppies more often.

Wait, would that make you sound more masculine or even more feminine? Because all us real men* are calling them "yabbos".

* it thinks I'm a woman too.
posted by The Tensor at 2:57 PM on November 4, 2008


It says its can't check mine because it's not in English.

Cha! I say, with scorn and trepidation.
posted by timsteil at 2:58 PM on November 4, 2008


This is important how?

We think this comment is written by the cast of Friends.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 3:01 PM on November 4, 2008 [1 favorite]


It says my blog is written by a man. Which, despite my MeFi nickname, is...not the correct conclusion.
posted by thomas j wise at 3:47 PM on November 4, 2008


It thinks I'm a man. I think I allude to being a female quite frequently, and my posts are signed with my real, feminine name, so you'd think my site would be a gimmie. Guess not.
posted by LiliaNic at 3:49 PM on November 4, 2008


It said I was a dude when I am a dudette...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 4:00 PM on November 4, 2008


It guessed me as a man, which means the hormone injections must not be working...
posted by [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST] at 4:01 PM on November 4, 2008


*snaps fingers*
Steve! Steven King here?

*adjusts hefty package*
*spits out chaw*
Actually, I’m quite girly.
posted by Smedleyman at 4:04 PM on November 4, 2008


What's the overall percentage of men to women-run blogs anyway?

It's apparently only right 56pc of the time; if there's a disproportionate number of men, you could easily achieve that sort of accuracy by just coming back 'male' every time.

Or, slightly more sophisticated, you could instead just do a coin-toss of sorts, not even looking at the site but just returning 'male' or 'female' using the same odds for each toss that represent the overall male/female ratio. That ought to give you better than 50/50 overall, I'd imagine. (Although stats were never my strong suit.)
posted by Kadin2048 at 4:07 PM on November 4, 2008


Heh. It guessed I'm a man... but so does your average Interneter. Ah well.
posted by limeonaire at 4:14 PM on November 4, 2008


It got mine right, but that should be the height of triviality.
posted by 445supermag at 4:22 PM on November 4, 2008


Damn, 445. That's a seriously sweet post vise you've got there. I'm jealous.
posted by stet at 4:34 PM on November 4, 2008


I come up as a man, often, and usually by a landslide. It was interesting, but something I've largely come to expect. It was a different engine, though. I ought to try this one, being that it's an FPP, and maybe next time I'll do it before commenting.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 5:15 PM on November 4, 2008


It said all three of mine were written by a man. I, unlike Palin, am prepared to show medical records proving my lovely feminine mystique.

I think perhaps it's looking for keywords like shopping or shoes or some other sexist nonsense.
posted by dejah420 at 5:29 PM on November 4, 2008


We think http://www.metafilter.com is written by a man

BoyZone!
posted by Pollomacho at 5:39 PM on November 4, 2008


I tried my various blogs (all of which are written by me, a woman). I even tried subpages. The analyzer thinks my content is written for a man, except for a single page about one of my ebooks (Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur for Moms).
posted by acoutu at 6:06 PM on November 4, 2008


It thinks mine is written by a man. How can that be? I talk about yoga and Gossip Girl (sometimes).
posted by betweenthebars at 7:21 PM on November 4, 2008


It thinks my blog in which I basically discuss preganancy and post pregnancy and post a stupid number of pictures of my kid - wombquake.com - is written by a man.

I think http://www.genderanalyzer.com is written by some people on possibly hallucinogenic substances.
posted by gomichild at 7:37 PM on November 4, 2008


My analysis of my site said: No gender of any kind.
posted by Postroad at 7:42 PM on November 4, 2008


We think http://orangeswan.blogspot.com is written by a man.

Suckers.
posted by orange swan at 8:36 PM on November 4, 2008


Got mine wrong. My Y chromosome and I await a lavish apology.
posted by bryon at 9:25 PM on November 4, 2008


This robot is junk.
posted by knowles at 10:22 PM on November 4, 2008


My blog was apparently written by a woman.
/I have a penis.
What, like in a jar?
posted by hjo3 at 1:23 AM on November 5, 2008 [1 favorite]


For http://www.oprah.com/index
Sorry, we can only classify web pages written in english
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:59 AM on November 5, 2008


We think mippy.livejournal.com is written by a woman

That must be because the last post was about having a mild cold and not wanting to take the day off sick.

/Loose Women
posted by mippy at 5:12 AM on November 5, 2008


Metafilter: /I have a penis
posted by ElvisJesus at 6:11 AM on November 5, 2008 [1 favorite]


It thought I was a dude, too. Which is silly. It's a livejournal, duh.
posted by lunit at 8:54 AM on November 5, 2008 [1 favorite]


It thought I was a man too, and many of my posts are about feminism/reproductive freedom/the fact that I'm a lesbian. Fail.
posted by arcticwoman at 9:25 AM on November 5, 2008


Apparently I am a man. I blog like a fella.
posted by lottie at 6:52 PM on November 5, 2008


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