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Usernames Reveal the Age and Psychology of Game Players (sciencedirect.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-troll-by-any-other-name dept.

limbicsystem writes: Your online name can reveal a lot about you. Researchers from the University of York and Riot Games have shown that information harvested from the usernames of players who signed up to 'League of Legends' can sometime reveal both their ages and how they behave online. And the short story is that both younger players and players with obnoxious names are more likely to exhibit toxic online behavior.

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  1. Re:tee-hee by Pseudonym · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure my username doesn't reveal anything, either.

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  2. Re:Researchers need better maths. by cfalcon · · Score: 1, Funny

    > 1985 = 30 years of age.

    Uh, could you check that math again?

    Please?

    I'm pretty sure you made a mistake. It's an easy mistake to make, apparently, because my calculator is bugged and says the same thing when I subtract 30 from 2015.

  3. Re:tee-hee by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I can probably make a reasonable guess at your age and gender.

    Maybe, but I self-identify as a 16-year old girl with big boobs who is a poly-demi-platonic trans-otherkin.

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  4. Re:And this is news? by KGIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm a little disappointed. I was hoping there was some sort of form that I could put my username into that would attempt to tell me if I was an asshole or not. I just wanted to see if they got it right. ;-)

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