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Site demographics

KinkajouKinkajou
edited 2011-09-21 19:49:18 in Media
Kamen Rider MADOKA
Specifically, I wonder why certain sites like Livejournal and Tumblr have a very large female user base. Is there something that makes those havens of female nerds, whilst women are virtually non-existent in the bowels of the Internet?

Comments

  • gentlemanorcusgentlemanorcus
    tits or gtfo
  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    Well, yes, there's that rather misogynistic streak you find on memetic sites. I want to know why LJ and Tumblr have the girls. All of them.

    And you know very well I'm a dude.
  • AHRAHR
    Luck?

    I mean, look at tv tropes. The wrestling and anime presence was started by one or two people.

    It only takes a few people to spread their influence like that, and to smother out the others.
  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    Well, there's luck, but I'm looking for the underlying social causes for this.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    Which communities do you hang out in?
  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    Other than here, I also go to a toku community, the MSPA forums (which also have a large female user base given Homestuck) and a few 4chan boards.
  • KrakenKraken
    edited 2011-09-21 20:21:39
    If I remember correctly, Tumblr, Henshin Justice, AltHistory, MSPA Forums, 4Chan, and some others which I don't know.

    Ninja bastard. ;P
  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    I don't touch AH for now.


  • LouieWLouieW
    edited 2011-09-21 20:22:46
    Loser
    Kinkajou,

    I am not sure if this is still true, but I thought that it was more common for women to keep diaries and make scrapbooks and such in real life than men. I think that might help explain the demographics on Livejournal a bit. I am not sure about possible reasons for Tumblr's demographics though.
  • KinkajouKinkajou
    Kamen Rider MADOKA
    True. Women seem to blog a lot while a lot of fora can be described as frat boy rooms.

    Tumblr's a lot like a diary too, except you can post pics.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2011-09-21 21:06:46
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    As for TVT, there ARE a lot of animé fans on the internet in general, so that's not a surprise.  Perhaps a bigger surprise is wrestling.

    As for LJ, I think girls seem to be very interested in fanfics for some reason.
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    One must also factor in the topic of discussion. Obviously stuff catering to "masculine" interests will have forums that are predominantly male in demographic, and I have seen female-dominated forums. Part of the perception of no females is selection bias in this regard.
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