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Things got corporate. What was once a bunch of individual sites, forums, chatrooms, etc., is now concentrated on a few companies (facebook, google, reddit,...)

Things got corporate. What was once a bunch of individual sites, forums, chatrooms, etc., is now concentrated on a few companies (facebook, google, reddit,...), which are not that interested in content, but more into advertising and pleasing advertisers, and earning money, and advertisers, and ads and money, and less on their users. This meant that everything had to be policitally correct (unless it was deemed acceptable to target a specific group), moderators got more powers, more thought bubbles and echo chambers... and now everything is going slowly downhill.

HN_is_for_gemes 4y ago
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- bumby 4y ago
  >Nearly 90% of all purchases are made by women for women and children. Hate to be that person, but do you have a source for that claim? According to a quick search of BLS data, single men outspent single women on food and cars, and comparable amounts on entertainment. Women spent more than men on clothing, but men outspent women overall. [1] https://www.bls.gov/cex/tables.htm https://www.bls.gov/cex/tables.htm
  - Larrikin 4y ago
    When a comment seems ridiculous, it's usually worth looking at the posting history to see if the account should be taken seriously.
  - ajsnigrutin 4y ago
    Those numbers were from multiple business magazines not that long ago (well not as high as op above used but very high still) eg: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridgetbrennan/2015/01/21/top-10-things-everyone-should-know-about-women-consumers/#7679f9d6a8b4 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridgetbrennan/2015/01/21/top-1... > Women drive 70-80% of all consumer purchasing, through a combination of their buying power and influence. Influence means that even when a woman isn’t paying for something herself, she is often the influence or veto vote behind someone else’s purchase. Also this https://hbr.org/2009/09/the-female-economy https://hbr.org/2009/09/the-female-economy > Women make the decision in the purchases of 94% of home furnishings…92% of vacations…91% of homes… 60% of automobiles…51% of consumer electronics
    - bumby 4y ago
      Unfortunately, that survey doesn't seem like something that can be heavily relied on. For one, they only surveyed women. It's unclear if the men in the same household would give similar or different estimates. They also don't define what is meant by "influencing" a decision. When you try to go to the link to learn more about the survey methodology, the link redirects to https://breastfeeding-mom.com/ https://breastfeeding-mom.com/ instead. I think the BLS is probably better data.

HN_is_for_gemes 4y ago

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bumby 4y ago
>Nearly 90% of all purchases are made by women for women and children. Hate to be that person, but do you have a source for that claim? According to a quick search of BLS data, single men outspent single women on food and cars, and comparable amounts on entertainment. Women spent more than men on clothing, but men outspent women overall. [1] https://www.bls.gov/cex/tables.htm https://www.bls.gov/cex/tables.htm
- Larrikin 4y ago
  When a comment seems ridiculous, it's usually worth looking at the posting history to see if the account should be taken seriously.
- ajsnigrutin 4y ago
  Those numbers were from multiple business magazines not that long ago (well not as high as op above used but very high still) eg: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridgetbrennan/2015/01/21/top-10-things-everyone-should-know-about-women-consumers/#7679f9d6a8b4 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridgetbrennan/2015/01/21/top-1... > Women drive 70-80% of all consumer purchasing, through a combination of their buying power and influence. Influence means that even when a woman isn’t paying for something herself, she is often the influence or veto vote behind someone else’s purchase. Also this https://hbr.org/2009/09/the-female-economy https://hbr.org/2009/09/the-female-economy > Women make the decision in the purchases of 94% of home furnishings…92% of vacations…91% of homes… 60% of automobiles…51% of consumer electronics
  - bumby 4y ago
    Unfortunately, that survey doesn't seem like something that can be heavily relied on. For one, they only surveyed women. It's unclear if the men in the same household would give similar or different estimates. They also don't define what is meant by "influencing" a decision. When you try to go to the link to learn more about the survey methodology, the link redirects to https://breastfeeding-mom.com/ https://breastfeeding-mom.com/ instead. I think the BLS is probably better data.