Can you?
By zearah
@zearah (5381)
Philippines
July 17, 2009 7:20pm CST
Mylotters are 177,828 in numbers, how would you know if the one who respond to your discussion is a she or he?
By mere looking on avatar or picture profile or icon can you pinpoint the gender of your respondent?
How about in checking the profile by clicking the avatar did you do this just to check the gender?
Actually hitting beyond the lines is sometimes not effective, once I read the message said "after I got married I want my wife", in here I initially expect that the responder is male only to find out that she's also a female but lesbian, he he he.
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15 responses
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
I'm fine and I just wanna check if you're really a he? Please don't misunderstood my point just know more about you my friend.
You're doing good wow.I can see your posts, hmmmm indicating that you're really fast in making your post.
Good luck and happy mylotting.
@Elixiress (3878)
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18 Jul 09
Some questions it does not matter, eg what is your favourite colour. Whereas other questions it is usually easy to tell due to the gender that they side with in their opinion. Men are more likely to side with men and women with women.
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@Elixiress (3878)
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18 Jul 09
Yes you are. Although Ma'am makes me feel rather old only being 18 =D
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@ShirleyBillingsley (1544)
• United States
18 Jul 09
Well, that description was certainly interesting. I just assume on some of the ones that i respond to, but have not actually looked to see if they were male or female, since i am usually just responding or answering a discussion.
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@ShirleyBillingsley (1544)
• United States
18 Jul 09
You sure are right about that. I just never really thought about it, until you mentioned it. I guess, maybe we should pay more attention.
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
18 Jul 09
I just assume by looking at their profile and checking their usernames, sometimes this is useful and others not so much but that's what I do. I think it will be hard to find a guy with a name like Shelly but one never knows for sure right?
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@koalapenguin (2707)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Some responses indicated their gender here. So i don't really have problems on genders.Ü Though i don't really know if one is les bian or g a y. Do you think they should include their gender when they respond? he he. Is gender that important to you?
@koalapenguin (2707)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
he he. you too zearah. have a nice day. BTW, i really find your discussions very interesting! Keep posting for more!Ü
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@kykidd (6812)
• United States
18 Jul 09
Well, I guess that is one thing to consider when entering discussions on the world wide web. Especially a web site like myLot that has users from many different countries.
Sometimes you can tell by a person's avatar what their gender is, especially if they have a closeup picture for an avatar.
I wish you luck in the future. Have a great day myLotting!
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@shakil8 (407)
• India
19 Jul 09
firstly i see avatar if its clear enough to guess the person is he or she then its done and if its not than their wordings comes to consideration and if its also not convincing then their is only one thing left..........just see their profile and..........rest is up to u..........
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@lsubash520 (226)
• India
18 Jul 09
It's interesting question but awesome, as i am not here to see whether the response to my discussion or a respond to a discussion is from a male or female. I just prefer to respond or comment when i am interested or when i know abt the topic in the discussion.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jul 09
Oh well you're true at this point.
If you are interested to answer in the topic then you can post but did you ever think of talking with someone listening, this is what I'm after here if I know the gender and of course the status of my listener I could say more that will catch his/her attention and thus the quality of conversation would exist.
Thanks and happy mylotting
@anotherxidentity (1434)
• United States
18 Jul 09
An avatar and a name can sometimes give you an impression what gender a person is but like you said sometimes there are surprises lurking around every corner and we can't know for certain.
And sometimes by the way a person types/talks can reveal a gender or by what they like to talk about. Women tend to be more open about their personal lives and give more details away in their responses where men tend to focus on logic and have a glass wall up. Now that is just statistics so it doesn't mean its going to work every time but its just what has be noted by people who have studied things.
For me I rarely even wonder whether or not a person is either female or male. To me I focus on more the discussions than on the actual person.
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@aikhong (661)
• Malaysia
18 Jul 09
Hi, ya there are so many mylot members here, and it is sometimes very hard to recognise whether it is a he or she. In some cases, it maybe quite obvious to know the owner is a male or female by reading the topic posted, or the contents of it. By merely looking at the photo here is of course the fasest way to know, but not all mylot members put their real photo here, some just put a scenery picture or some is just pet photos,haha.
However, it actually does not really matter whether the topic owner is a he or she. In my opinion, most of us are here just to post and discuss on various topics of our interest. I would not care much about others's gender, unless that person has really attracted my attention with his or her postings , or photo, then i would only proceed to know more.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
19 Jul 09
You have the point.
But for me it's good to know the gender of you respondent 'coz this could be a determinant factor in order to address effectively your point and thus will add to the quality of the message you are going to post.
Thank you for participating here Ma'am?
@rosepedal64 (4188)
• United States
18 Jul 09
I will have to agree that it is hard to tell who is who, but should we really need to know that. We are here for the same reason to vent,share a subject,get answers,make money, and possible make a new friend along the way. A friend is a friend no matter if male or female and what their preference is. A lot of us don't want to be revealed as who we are. Respect that of someone and just try to be a friend when needed.
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@quincy_13 (65)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
Hi! i haven't actually thought of it til now that you mentioned it. For me it doesn't really matter what gender they have. But i guess it might help on the type of interest and discussion you start on. One time i came up with a discussion about motherhood and most of my responses came from mothers like me. and one response came from a guy who readily mentioned that he's a male and he just wanted to participate in the discussion i have because he has very solid input.And you're also right when you said that the avatar might give you the clue but then again we're not really sure if it's them. maybe you can ask them to mention it in their responses ;-) and now that iv'e just said that-- i already said that im a mom hehe voila!