Locaha comments on 2013 Census/Survey: call for changes and additions - Less Wrong

27 Post author: Yvain 05 November 2013 03:10AM

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Comment author: Locaha 09 November 2013 09:09:30AM 1 point [-]

Suggestions:

Hair color. Eye color. Skin color. Weight. Height. Hair length. Mustache. Beard.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 November 2013 05:42:15PM 5 points [-]

Why?

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 19 November 2013 03:29:26PM 4 points [-]

(Insert 200-comment thread about the proper taxonomy of colors, mustaches and beards.)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 November 2013 04:28:30PM 4 points [-]

This would tend to break anonymity.

Comment author: Locaha 20 November 2013 12:12:37PM 0 points [-]

How can anonymized statistics break anonymity more than they already do? The average color of lesswrongian beard isn't very sensitive information/

Comment author: JoshuaZ 19 November 2013 03:47:21PM 0 points [-]

What do you think will be gained by having this information?

Comment author: Locaha 20 November 2013 12:11:08PM -1 points [-]

Fun.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 November 2013 05:19:15PM 0 points [-]

Height is already there.