Comments on: Friday procrastination: the blog gender analyser http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/12/05/friday-procrastination-the-blog-gender-analyser/ Online journalism news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Janiss http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/12/05/friday-procrastination-the-blog-gender-analyser/comment-page-1/#comment-8401 Janiss Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:00:59 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=5733#comment-8401 This Gender Analyzer is giving me a complex. I tested my own website under my name, which contains clips from my rock 'n' roll journalism days, and it claims "We have strong indicators that http://www.janissgarza.com is written by a man (92%)." Undaunted, I tested my blog and it came up 73% male. Need I say I am 100% female, as my boyfriend will emphatically attest? Finally I went over to my cat's site and tested it. This time it said, "We guess http://www.sparklecat.com is written by a man (59%), however it's quite gender neutral." Well, she's a spayed female, so that's kinda accurate. Nevertheless, I give Gender Analyzer a FAIL. This Gender Analyzer is giving me a complex. I tested my own website under my name, which contains clips from my rock ‘n’ roll journalism days, and it claims “We have strong indicators that http://www.janissgarza.com is written by a man (92%).” Undaunted, I tested my blog and it came up 73% male. Need I say I am 100% female, as my boyfriend will emphatically attest? Finally I went over to my cat’s site and tested it. This time it said, “We guess http://www.sparklecat.com is written by a man (59%), however it’s quite gender neutral.” Well, she’s a spayed female, so that’s kinda accurate. Nevertheless, I give Gender Analyzer a FAIL.

]]> By: Nelson the Cat http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/12/05/friday-procrastination-the-blog-gender-analyser/comment-page-1/#comment-8391 Nelson the Cat Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:43:10 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=5733#comment-8391 Hmm, not that accurate. Gender Analyzer said it was 98% sure my blog was written by a man. Now, obviously I'm a tom, a proud one at that, even though I have, been *cough* neutered. But She Who Controls the Can Opener writes my blog on my behalf as I haven't quite perfected my touch-paw typing yet and she's female. Or was the last time I checked. Hmm, maybe she's just very good at taking dictation from me. Hmm, not that accurate. Gender Analyzer said it was 98% sure my blog was written by a man. Now, obviously I’m a tom, a proud one at that, even though I have, been *cough* neutered. But She Who Controls the Can Opener writes my blog on my behalf as I haven’t quite perfected my touch-paw typing yet and she’s female. Or was the last time I checked.

Hmm, maybe she’s just very good at taking dictation from me.

]]> By: Lore http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2008/12/05/friday-procrastination-the-blog-gender-analyser/comment-page-1/#comment-8385 Lore Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:51:23 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=5733#comment-8385 Apparently there's 96% chances I'm a man, and so is one of my other female blog friends. It just doesn't work properly at all!!! Apparently there’s 96% chances I’m a man, and so is one of my other female blog friends. It just doesn’t work properly at all!!!

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