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I'm interested to know how the study determined that Black users were ignored specifically for being Black. In my experience, the default behavior for getting a
by sfvegandude 4y ago
I'm interested to know how the study determined that Black users were ignored specifically for being Black. In my experience, the default behavior for getting a message from someone you're not interested in -- for whatever reason that is -- is just to ignore them.
Having said that, racism on these apps is rampant, as is outright racial fetishism (which this study considers the same thing). Even as someone who isn't a racial minority, I always found those kinds of remarks (both kinds) to be a major turn off.