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thenewgreen  ·  3889 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Girls and Boys Together: Gender on Hubski

    Have you assumed the gender of an author on hubski or elsewhere only to discover you were wrong?
Yes, and I'll not say whom. Based on how kind, sympathetic and supportive a Hubski user was towards others, including myself, I assumed they were female. I was wrong. When I found out, via a photo he posted, I was really glad. Why? Because the world needs more dudes that are sympathetic, supportive and kind.

otherwise -lil check this song out. I love it and think you will too.

    Of course I knew that 95% of active Hubski contributors (from a study six months ago) were male and I usually assume that everyone (with some notable exceptions) are male - still I was surprised at my mistake.

I never thought this was accurate even then, but I definitely don't now. While I know that our users are by majority male, I don't think it's 95%. I would guess 80%. Especially from a content perspective. I would guess that at least 20% of comments and posts are from women.

I could be wrong though and either way, ladies.... invite your interesting friends :)