[citation][nom]ta152h[/nom]Is this really useful? I mean, everyone can pretty much tell a homo from a hetero in real life, and if they can't, they need more than a software program to help them. Online, do you really care? As long as the risk of them grabbing my butt is zero, I don't care at all if a guy is gay or not. Should I?The other side is, now they will have homosexuals worried about how they act online. Is that really fair to them? Don't they have enough problems dealing with how they act in real life? Now they have to worry online too. Good grief.[/citation]
They dont really care if they are homosexual or not. It is a proof of concept. It is for marketing. Now imagine facebook knows you are gay and starts to shape thier ads accordingly. Also lets say they can determine other things like social status, income, personal preferances, etc. Then they can shape marketing to match. Or if you are paranoid than just think the government will know way more about you than what you would like them to. I wouldnt be suprised if the gov. doesnt already have statistical software like this already. That way the can pander to different groups, not that it matters they all just lie anyway.