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This study is missing one important factor, a baseline. The author should have provided an androgynous named account to see how that fared.
by ToFundorNot 8y ago
This study is missing one important factor, a baseline. The author should have provided an androgynous named account to see how that fared.
- Dylan16807 8y agoAn A/B test doesn't need to attempt a "middle" option. And there's no reason to assume an androgynous name would be in the middle or in any way qualify as a "baseline".
- zaarn 8y agoIt would still be very interesting to see how people would react to neutral usernames like randomly generated number sequences. It could provide some useful insight.
- seqastian 8y agoGamers just default to male.
- diegoperini 8y agoDepends on the game but I see your point.
- zaarn 8y agoThat's just an assertion without data backing it up. The above experiment with neutral names would give some insight if "gamers" do indeed "default to male", as you express it, or not.