Virtue SignalingGLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of protections for LGBTQ users

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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

This is useless data. It's basically 3 levels of self reporting.

Number 1 it asks users to self report their opinion of the social media site which is meaningless.

Number 2 it allows users to self identity as "lgbtqiaetc"

Number 3 a survey based study self selects for people who want to fill out the survey which dramatically increases the number of users who have a grudge against the thing being surveyed.

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Additionally, 40% of LGBTQ adults, as well as 49% of transgender and nonbinary people, do not feel welcomed and safe on social media.

This right here shows both how poorly the data is presented and how it isn't actually a gay issue. It says 40% of gays + TQ do not feel "safe" but if they pull out just TQ it's 49%. But they don't break down the numbers or mention how LGB feel.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

This right here shows both how poorly the data is presented and how it isn't actually a gay issue. It says 40% of gays + TQ do not feel "safe" but if they pull out just TQ it's 49%. But they don't break down the numbers or mention how LGB feel.

Kinda a lie by omission. I don't expect them to ever break down their stats. It would just reveal just how institutionally captured the whole thing is, and they can't have that.

Anyway, I still don't get how the Q is it's own letter. Isn't the whole thing supposed to be "queer"?

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

It was but now it seems like there are more straight people under Q than anything else. I was dragged to a daytime pride event this year and it seemed like 90% of the people there were just morbidly obese with blue hair.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed. We should just start saying LGBTH or LGBTS with H being heterosexual and S being straight or spicy heterosexual.