PeerInfinity comments on "Target audience" size for the Less Wrong sequences - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PeerInfinity 25 November 2010 02:45:13PM *  1 point [-]

I'm a bisexual male, but can't upvote my own comment.

So the results so far are: 4 women, 4 gay/bisexual men, and 5 heterosexual men.

This means that that there are approximately as many women on LW as there are gay/bisexual men. And almost half of the men on LW are gay/bisexual.

And yes, I know that there are probably several reasons why this poll's results are biased or otherwise unreliable, but at least now we have some data.

One obvious problem with this poll: it contradicts a previous survey, which said:

"(96.4%) were male, 5 (3%) were female, and one chose not to reveal their gender."

so it looks like there were lots of heterosexual males who didn't bother voting.