Comments on: Demographics and stereotypes are not reversible http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/10/12/demographics-and-stereotypes-are-not-reversible/ Tateru Nino writes about virtual worlds, second life, statistics, culture, law, gaming, and eclectic oddities Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tateru Ninohttp://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/10/12/demographics-and-stereotypes-are-not-reversible/comment-page-1/#comment-4034 Tateru Nino Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:30:25 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1865#comment-4034 Wow. Half? That's about 140 people. Do you have a list, or is that figure based on some sort of extrapolated sample? Solid data would make for an excellent story. Wow. Half? That’s about 140 people. Do you have a list, or is that figure based on some sort of extrapolated sample? Solid data would make for an excellent story.

]]> By: Ann Otoolehttp://dwellonit.taterunino.net/2009/10/12/demographics-and-stereotypes-are-not-reversible/comment-page-1/#comment-4033 Ann Otoole Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:07:47 +0000 http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/?p=1865#comment-4033 Stereotypes like how Linden Lab stereotypes D/s lifestylers and Goreans as sex freaks but since half of LL is furries they won't classify furries as sex freaks even though there is as much circumstantial evidence that furries are also have a disturbing reputation that includes several paraphilias such as macrophilia, vorarephilia, infantilism (babyfurs), and maiesiophilia that amazingly Linden Lab has not banned? Perhaps because LL will not ban that which they enjoy? Once you start down the road of stereotyping you are going to get burned at some point. Demographics are useful for deciding where to place advertising but not much more and even that is not very effective anymore since it is based on obsolete psychology. Stereotypes like how Linden Lab stereotypes D/s lifestylers and Goreans as sex freaks but since half of LL is furries they won’t classify furries as sex freaks even though there is as much circumstantial evidence that furries are also have a disturbing reputation that includes several paraphilias such as macrophilia, vorarephilia, infantilism (babyfurs), and maiesiophilia that amazingly Linden Lab has not banned? Perhaps because LL will not ban that which they enjoy?

Once you start down the road of stereotyping you are going to get burned at some point.

Demographics are useful for deciding where to place advertising but not much more and even that is not very effective anymore since it is based on obsolete psychology.

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