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I've been running the "Data Selfie" plug-in on Firefox for a bit over a week now. It's pretty interesting. Right now it says: "You're a laid back, liberal fema
by oblib 9y ago
I've been running the "Data Selfie" plug-in on Firefox for a bit over a week now. It's pretty interesting. Right now it says:
"You're a laid back, liberal female who doesn't eat out frequently and doesn't prefer style when buying clothes and is less satisfied in life than most".
It also says:
Not likely to like outdoor activities
Not likely to consider starting a business in next few years
I am a male who has been self employed most of my life, and a moderator on one of the busiest "Backpacking Forums" here in the US. So it's got that wrong, but it's true I have very little interest in "clothes style" and don't eat out much.
The "female" part is especially interesting because I'm very much a straight male, but I was a single parent with a 1 year daughter 30 years ago and I did make a very conscious effort to be a "mom" to her. That required I learn some very feminine traits like "kissing boo boos" and nurturing with hugs and kisses and lullabies. I learned how to do these things by closely observing real moms, and asking them for help, or getting my ass chewed by them when I was "doing it wrong".
At the time friends and family were fairly astounded the first few times they saw me go instantly into "Mom" mode when my daughter required my attention.
And, I haven't posted anything, or made any comments about either food or clothes. I can only assume it's my lack of doing that which prompts the conclusions regarding it but I was honestly unaware that others must do that enough to make my not doing it somewhat remarkable.
So, in that very short time period (9 hours on FB) the plugin has made some pretty insightful conclusions and missed the mark on some as well. For example, I've been a hiker almost since I could walk and almost all of my hiking over the past 25 years has been off trail "bushwhacking" into Wilderness areas and most of that has been solo. But, I rarely ever mention my hikes or my work on FB, so again, it would seem to be the lack of those that prompts the algorithm's conclusions.
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dataselfie/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dataselfie/)