Netflix: How did it know I was bi before I did?
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Tech recommendations can reveal more about us than we know ourselves - but how and why does this happen?
  • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Headline: How did Netflix know I was gay before I did?

    Sub header: After BBC reporter Ellie House came out as gay, she realised that Netflix already seemed to know. How did that happen?

    THE FIRST FUCKING LINE OF THE FUCKING ARTICLE: I realised that I was BISEXUAL in my second year of university, but Big Tech seemed to have worked it out several months before me.

    flag-bi-pride honk-enraged

    • DonnieDarkmode@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve noticed that “gay” is used as a more general term for members of the LGBTQ+ community, similar to how “guys” has a pretty common gender-neutral usage

      EDIT: tweaked the wording a bit

      • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        “Guys” hasn’t actually been accepted as gender neutral for a number of years, due to its implicit anti-feminist bias (you’ll fit in if you act like us men).

        I struggle with not using it constantly, as it was the go-to gender neutral term for my generation.

        • DonnieDarkmode@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Thanks for the correction! I still hear that usage fairly often and wasn’t up with the discourse around it. Like the other reply I’m also more partial to “folks” personally (as well as “y’all”), but I think I still use “guys” out of habit on occasion