MetaTalk posts tagged with demographics

Request for an interesting statistic about MeFi make up

fcummins — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:05:19 -0800

Request for an interesting statistic about MeFi make up... In a profile, two numbers are of interest here: the number of 'Favorites', and the number of 'Favorited by others.' I would love to know how the ratio of these two numbers is distributed within the MeFi community. It would say a lot about the relative connectedness of members, and how 'clumpy' the network of preferences is. Would anyone be in a position to gather the data, or does it already exist in accessible form?

It's MetaFilter Survey Time!

lovetragedy — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:30:43 -0800

As part of my final paper for a grad class, I wanted to ask the hivemind a few questions. It's just 20 quick questions about MetaFilter and AskMetaFilter, since those are the two most active parts of this community. I had to break it up into two parts since I'm a poor grad student and don't want to drop $20 for one survey: Part One Part Two It's also limited to the first 100 responses, but if even get close to 100 responses I'll be extremely happy. Thanks in advance! This is master's class, not a PhD, so the survey is really simple. I'm just looking for some basic info about how people interact with the site. I'm also already familiar with this previous survey, but it doesn't really cover everything I'm looking for (I'll probably still cite it in my paper, though). FWIW, I'm doing this as part of a really unique grad program that the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California started just this year, called the Annenberg Program on Online Communities (more info here). Specifically it's for a class with this dude, for anyone interested in research on virtual communities. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or comments about the survey or grad program.

Surveh?

Krrrlson — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:29:56 -0800

When was the last time we had a Mefi survey? Given the growing number of members, it would be interesting to learn how the demographics have changed (or stayed the same).

Who are we?

elfollador — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:41:11 -0800

Just a curious question... what is the real demographic of MeFi users? As much as we think of this as the hive mind, my sense is that about 80% of the poeple on here fit in the white, male, 24-35 variety. A very homogenous set of bees me thinks. Am I totally off?

To Assume is to make an ass out of u and me

crabintheocean — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:08:52 -0800

What is wrong with people who make their own determination of the gender of a person mentioned in an AskMe question even though that person's gender is clearly stated?

This seems to happen a lot with short and mostly useless hit and run answers. I guess people don't read the more inside, or just skim the question. Is this "male answer syndrome" at work? Why do some people answer the question they wish had been written, regardless of the actual question?

As seen today here, by majick and here, by DakotaPaul

black Americans on MeFi?

dydecker — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:28:59 -0800

No offense or anything, but I am also curious to know how many black Americans are posting to Metafilter. Someone posted this to Metafilter and it looks like it was deleted. I am also curious. raise yr hand in this thread.

what brought you to non-belief?

jsonic — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:50:06 -0800

There has been a number of religion oriented threads recently. In these threads it becomes apparent that, compared to the population at large, Metafilter has a higher frequency of non-believers. Inspired by this thread* at another website, what brought you to non-belief?

* it starts a little shallow, but more indepth stories come eventually

Why have these Terry Gross interviews been mentioned in the blue, and not others?

ZachsMind — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 18:19:34 -0800

In the past year, Terry Gross has been mentioned in the blue a total of three times, regarding her interviews with William Gibson, Tommy Chong, and Daniel Clowes. I'm just curious: why these three guys, and not her countless other interviews? [more]

Calculating helpfulness

stupidsexyFlanders — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:58:52 -0800

We know who posts the most, who comments the most, etc. Do we know who the most helpful users of AskMe are (as expressed by the ratio [questions/answers])?

Collectively smarter than all of you put together

pmurray63 — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 10:57:40 -0800

It would appear that Metafilter is collectively smarter than Scott McNealy, Mitch Kapor, and a lot of other people ... and quicker than Snopes (as least in this case). Collectively is the operative word, of course, but I thought this was worth a chuckle.

mefi is an american weblog

MiguelCardoso — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:43:17 -0800

MetaFilter is an American weblog. Europeans here, whether British or continental, are mere tokens. Perhaps we should all give up the international pretense. The truth is that MetaFilter, for those of us not lucky (or, to be frank, unluckly) enough to live in the U.S. or Canada, is fast becoming a domestic concern with an ever-decreasing regard for what happens in the (enormous) rest of the world. Whereas (the few remaining) Europeans here are curious about America, Americans here seem boringly and predictably obsessed with themselves. Is isolationism the growing trend on this board? It certainly seems so. Say the word, by the way, and you can have it all to yourselves, no hard feelings.

It is not a good idea but it's a stone's throw away...

How old are you?

bob sarabia — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:37:56 -0800

so who's the oldest mefite here? the youngest?

Metafilter User Survey Results

fvw — Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:16:29 -0800

It turns out we really are a boring bunch. (results for the survey posted here.)

The First, Last and Only MeFi Survey (to date)

fvw — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:12:42 -0800

As promised here, we bring you the first and last semi-bi-annual MeFi survey. Matt, I hope you don't mind my stealing your CSS.

Is the MeFi demographic overwhelmingly white and pale-faced?

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:00:39 -0800

Is the MeFi demographic overwhelmingly white and pale-faced? Where are the minorities?

What do Mefites do for a living?

Blake — Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:00:06 -0800

What do Mefites do for a living? I know we have just over A Trio Of Librarians, but is there a "most common" choice of career for a Metafilter member, or are most of us unemployed?
I imagine we have a gaggle of programmers & web designers, but are there any welders, boat builders, porn stars, farmers or bassoonists out there? What's the least common profession for a member?
I swear this was discussed once, I couldn’t seem to find it, but maybe it’s time to discuss again?

I miss newbies.

MiguelCardoso — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 15:07:37 -0800

Newbies. I miss newbies. Are there still any newbies out there? Remember newbies? I miss newbies. [More inside.]

Generational issues

MiguelCardoso — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 03:02:06 -0800

Old farts; hippies; soixante-huitards; baby boomers - there are a few of us on MetaFilter who are over 40, aren't there? To what extent is a lot of internal conflict here attributable to simple generational differences that are commonplace - though no less violent and, I should add, inevitable and ultimately unimportant - in our everyday lives?

political predispositions out in the open just this once

dgaicun — Tue, 18 Feb 2003 06:53:45 -0800

Hey all. Yesterday the user aeschenkarnos provided a cool link for a political compass. I thought it might be somewhat worthwhile, and possibly entertaining, if just this one time, for the sake of posterity, we could all put our political predispositions out in the open. We might even be able to better answer that age-old FAQ question: Are we guilty of lefty groupthink?

Demographics of planet MeFi

BentPenguin — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:00:56 -0800

Not so much a feature as a one-time feature. The thread on tort reform (quite entertaining and refreshingly civil, given the number of comments it spawned) left me surprised that so many MeFites are attorneys. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
But I often wonder about the demographics of planet MeFi.
Isn't there a simple way we could have a town census (a/s/l occupation etc. It would be mildly fascinating to have such info in our profiles as well, but maybe thats raising the veil too high.

free demo- and psychographics for your zip code

Grod — Tue, 22 Oct 2002 19:54:17 -0800

Marketing, demographics, psychographics, no matter what key-word I try I can't seem to find the post I'm searching for. It was a link to two different sites that provided free demo- and psychographics for your zip code. I seem to remember seeing it on MeFi about a year ago, sometime between November and this Febuary. Anyone remember this, or am I imagining things?

Longtime user making first FPP prompts query on posting demographics

Blake — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:00:55 -0800

This one got me to thinking…
I was surprised that someone who had been a member for over 2 years had just now posted their first story. I’m curious about other demographic oddities and averages like that.
Who holds the record for the most threads?
Many more questions inside....

MeFi Demographics: Let's have a census!

UncleFes — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:47:09 -0800

"The best mirror is an old friend." -Peter Nivio Zarlenga.
With all the questions about who make up us, is it time that we organized some sort of demographic survey of Whom Constitute Mefi?

Metafilter's demographics

y2karl — Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:44:16 -0800

It seems like every so often when I click on someone's URL here it's some Gen Y'ers deep thoughts & pouting blog in those horrid microscopic fonts--well, there are the occasional Phil Hartman lookalikes from Portugal, too...

So, um, what are the demographics here at Metafilter exactly or, inexactly, for that matter? Has anyone kept track of this?

would you like to know where all MeFi users are from?

SpecialK — Wed, 09 May 2001 21:50:48 -0800

Topic drift... would you like to know where all MeFi users are from? Discuss.