Alicorn comments on Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 28 September 2010 03:48:24AM 2 points [-]

Ok. Replying to self to keep things organized. Have made a profile.

Some of the match questions are really poorly phrased. For example, consider the question "Have you ever had a sexual encounter with someone of the same sex?" which has four possible answers:

* 1 Yes, and I enjoyed myself. * 2 Yes, and I did not enjoy myself. * 3 No, and I would never. * 4 No, but I would like to.

This neglects some fairly obvious other options such as "no, and indifferent." Many other questions had similar problems. The question about contraception was confusing since it wasn't clear whether abortion was considered contraception for this purpose. I assumed that it was not but I could see someone interpreting it as referring to any form of birth control.

Comment author: Alicorn 02 October 2010 02:20:23PM 2 points [-]

I'd change "religion" in the sidebar to agnosticism or atheism. If people are sorting for religion (which is most of what that affects - anyone who scrolls enough to look it on your actual profile page can also see the essays about your Jewish cultural background), this will screen off anyone who's looking for agnostics/atheists and let through anyone who's looking for religious Jews. Basically a solid profile; if you were in my age range and lived nearby, I might have pinged you.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 October 2010 02:36:21AM 0 points [-]

Thanks. Updating per your advice.