So, I was going through the xls, and saw the “passphrase” column. “Wait, what? Won’t the winner’s passphrase be in here?”
Not sure if this is typos or hitting the wrong entry field, but two talented individuals managed to get 1750 and 2190 out of 1600 on the SAT.
I was curious about the breakdown of romance (whether or not you met your partner through LW) and sexuality. For “men” and “women,” I just used sex- any blanks or others are excluded. Numbers are Yes/No/I didn’t meet them through community but they’re part of the community now:
Gay men: 2/36/3
Lesbian women: 0/2/0
Bi men: 4/111/9
Bi women: 12/32/7
Straight men: 29/1031/26
Straight women: 1/55/10
I’m not quite sure how seriously to take these numbers, though. If 29 straight guys found a partner through the LW community, and a total of 14 straight and bi women found partners through the community, we need to have men to be about twice as likely to take the survey as women. (Possible, especially if women are more likely to go to meetups and less likely to post, but I don’t feel like looking that up for the group as a whole.)
But the results are clear: the yes/no ratio was way higher for bi women than anyone else. Bi women still win the yes+didn’t/no ratio with .6, but straight women are next with .2, followed by gay men at .14 and bi men at .12.
So, uh, advertise LW to all the bi women you know?
I’m not quite sure how seriously to take these numbers, though. If 29 straight guys found a partner through the LW community, and a total of 14 straight and bi women found partners through the community, we need to have men to be about twice as likely to take the survey as women.
That seems fairly plausible to me, actually. My impression of the community is that the physical side of it is less gender-skewed than the online side, although both are mostly male.
I know, that’s why I mentioned it- I decided not to quote it to leave it as a surprise for people who decided to then go check. But I had missed that someone else posted it.
So, I was going through the xls, and saw the “passphrase” column. “Wait, what? Won’t the winner’s passphrase be in here?”
Not sure if this is typos or hitting the wrong entry field, but two talented individuals managed to get 1750 and 2190 out of 1600 on the SAT.
I was curious about the breakdown of romance (whether or not you met your partner through LW) and sexuality. For “men” and “women,” I just used sex- any blanks or others are excluded. Numbers are Yes/No/I didn’t meet them through community but they’re part of the community now:
Gay men: 2/36/3
Lesbian women: 0/2/0
Bi men: 4/111/9
Bi women: 12/32/7
Straight men: 29/1031/26
Straight women: 1/55/10
I’m not quite sure how seriously to take these numbers, though. If 29 straight guys found a partner through the LW community, and a total of 14 straight and bi women found partners through the community, we need to have men to be about twice as likely to take the survey as women. (Possible, especially if women are more likely to go to meetups and less likely to post, but I don’t feel like looking that up for the group as a whole.)
But the results are clear: the yes/no ratio was way higher for bi women than anyone else. Bi women still win the yes+didn’t/no ratio with .6, but straight women are next with .2, followed by gay men at .14 and bi men at .12.
So, uh, advertise LW to all the bi women you know?
That seems fairly plausible to me, actually. My impression of the community is that the physical side of it is less gender-skewed than the online side, although both are mostly male.
There’s also polyamory to take into account.
True; didn’t think to check that. Probably explains some of the effect.
In a manner of speaking: eponymous hahanicetry_CHEATER
I know, that’s why I mentioned it- I decided not to quote it to leave it as a surprise for people who decided to then go check. But I had missed that someone else posted it.
You know, it would be interesting if Yvain had put something else there just to see how many people would try to cheat.