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Females Outnumber Males Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the once-again-slashdot-is-abnormal dept.

westcoaster004 writes "In news which may surprise some Slashdot users, females have been found to outnumber males online in the U.S. according to a report, and for some time. The statistics for Canadians show a slightly greater number of male users."

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  1. Re:Age distribution? by nwbvt · · Score: 4, Informative
    And to back that up, from TFA:

    Researchers that survey only the adult population still find that a greater percentage of males go online. MORI Research, for example, reported that as of March-April 2006, 73% of adult females and 79% of adult males went online. The Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that as of February-April 2006, 71% of adult females went online, vs. 74% of adult males.
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  2. Re:Age distribution? by MollyB · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thank You, Dear. I'm not a granny but old enough to qualify, and I just switched to Ubuntu 'cause SuSE just didn't work right. I'm a former Windows NT-era sysop who detests Microsoft, with just enough Unix (Solaris and Sun OS) experience to have done some C-shell scripting and a tad of VB Script in the .ASP days (which I have all forgotten). Many other slashdotters wish that me (specifically) and boomers (in general) would hurry up and croak. Thanks again for your patience and humanity. May your goodwill redound to you thrice over, someday...

  3. Re:Oh yeah... by Rayor · · Score: 5, Informative

    The rules of the internet. Give arbitrary numbers. The fad started after the infamous "Rule #34" image macro started circulating.
    A few choice ones:
    #24: Pics or it never happened.
    #26: Nobody knows the answer to "What is love?".
    #29: Barrel Rolls can evade anything.
    #32: There is a market for any kind of porn.
    #34: There is porn of it, no exceptions.
    #37: There are no girls on the internet.
    #50: If you die in the game, you die for real.
    #52: Developers, developers, developers, developers.
    #54: Snape killed dumbledore.
    #55: "Winner" is actually spelled "WinRar"
    #65: You will be reported to AOL if you steal pictures.
    #71: If you fap to it and acheive orgasm, you must tell everyone.
    #72: Everything on eBaumsworld is stolen. No exceptions.
    #73: Believe everything you read on the internet.
    #75: There is always a female version of a male character. No exceptions.
    #76: Duke Nukem Forever must never be released or the whole of the interent will collapse.
    #78: It's been cracked and pirated. No exceptions.
    #82: Upgrading someone's RAM is a sign of goodwill.
    #87: If you would have sex with it, let everyone know.

    God damn I spend too much time on 4chan.

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