> Also my impression is that this list is overwhelmingly male, although I guess that's not too surprising
most of the internet is overwhelmingly male, and tech-related places even more so.
most of the internet is overwhelmingly male, and tech-related places even more so.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1255182/distribution-of-...
2:1 is definately lopsided, and "overwhelming" is not a precise defined term in regards to numbers, but a 2:1 ratio does not really match what i think when i hear the word overwhelming.
3:2 is 60%, 2:1 is 66.6~%, therefore the median is 63.3~%.
63.8% is above the median, so strictly speaking it's slightly closer to 2:1 than 3:2.
I don't think the Internet is overwhelmingly male
What you think and what it is may be two different things
As of 2019, in the world, 58.3% of men use the internet, compared with 48.4% of women.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/327130/internet-penetrat...
https://itu.foleon.com/itu/measuring-digital-development/gen...
Posting a comment on reddit vs posting a comment on Facebook.
Posting a meme on reddit vs posting a meme on Facebook.
Posting a comment on a public Facebook post vs posting a comment on a private Facebook post.
Posting a post in a public Facebook group vs posting a post in a private Facebook group.
Posting a comment on a YouTube video vs posting a comment on a Friend's share of a Facebook video.
Posting a comment on a public Facebook video vs posting a comment on a friend's private reshare of that same Facebook video.
Posting a picture on reddit vs posting a picture on Facebook.
Posting a picture to a public Instagram profile vs posting a picture to a private Instagram profile.
Posting a picture to Twitter where Twitter tries to make everyone log in before viewing the picture.
Sending money with some message on Venmo back when all transactions and messages were public by default (up to last year).
"females" is just the cherry on top.
There are sites where the user split per sex is around 2:1. The female-dominated ones are generally more vapid than the male-dominated ones. You can check yourself. That is not to say that male-dominated ones are never vapid. To put it in other words, I would say that almost all female-dominated ones are vapid, while "only" the majority of the male-dominated ones are vapid.
“When Mumsnet speaks, politicians listen”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12238447
Elsewhere: “Professor Pedersen believes Mumsnet’s popularity is partly down to it being a place where women can talk freely about politics without being drowned out by male voices or being subjected to the nastier side of other social media platforms.”