Comments on: Do You Blog Like A Girl?

By: Impairm

Impairm — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:34:41 +0000

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By: Timothy Fish

Timothy Fish — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:26:31 +0000

I put the text of one of my articles into the system and it came back male, as expected. I put 44,250 words of one of my books into it and it indicated female. It would seem that if I want to write like a man I need to eliminate the use of the words, with, if, not, where, be, when, your, her, we, should, she, and, me, myself, hers and was. What is the deal with that? I think the algorithm needs a lot of work, but if it did work I think it would be better to have a higher female score than a male score, since women generally have a better command of verbal communication than us guys.

By: Red Jenny

Red Jenny — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:44:19 +0000

The Gender Genie Thinks I’m a Dude…

Which leads me to wonder if my voice would be more “female” if I wrote more about personal relationships and less about politics and social issues? If so, that means the “out of the home” topics are still largely the purvey of men, while “in the h…

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Beyond Niche Marketing » It says I blog like a boy…. — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:10:34 +0000

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By: Kathy Hendershot-Hurd

Kathy Hendershot-Hurd — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:05:20 +0000

OUCH! It says I blog like a boy. Yet I’m definitely a hetero GIRL! (Married 23 years, mother of three, and I swear… I LIKE PINK!)

By: Customer Experience Crossroads

Customer Experience Crossroads — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:19:54 +0000

Communicating: do I blog like a boy?…

I came across this gender-writing analyzer this week in Grokdotcom. So decided to run a few posts through the analyzer. Personalization Trend: design your own credit card — female score 550, male score 887 — MALE! So You Want Innovative…

By: Herbert Gordon

Herbert Gordon — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:35:31 +0000

I was rather intrigued by the very concept of the genie. I ran various blogs through the genie and even tried to confuse it but it was correct with it’s anaysis every time. Fascinating to say the least. Absolutely Fascinating. So what do we do with such a tool is my question?

By: Meta Brown

Meta Brown — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:36:26 +0000

Do I blog like a girl? Evidently not.

Putting the algorithm to the test on a few posts written last year (about a local effort to save open park space) was an intriguing experience. The text, according to the genie, is all male.

It’s worth noting that the algorithm was built based on a few hundred British documents. American business writers may not style their writings in the same way.

By: Erin Harris

Erin Harris — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:16:36 +0000

I entered four recent posts from my blog site and was mistaken for a man in three cases (by significant margins). There was a lesser margin for the one prounounced female. Actually I’m a very “girly” girl *but* I’ve been a professional writer and editor for many years, so that probably explains it. There may well be male bias in the preferred journalistic form.

This is a fun toy. Thank you,
Erin

By: Court

Court — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:14:12 +0000

People think that I am a girl because of my name, LOL

By: Michele

Michele — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:51:07 +0000

I evaluated several of my own posts and articles and found them to be feminine… but only by about 10-15 points at most. I’m evenly divided between male and female language. Does that make me boring? Hmmmm….

By: Holly Buchanan

Holly Buchanan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:47:14 +0000

Wow – the last time I was mistaken for a man was in grade school after a disasterous haircut.

I was curious as to the “algorithm” they were using to measure “male” vs. “female” I read most of the pdf. They seem to think females use more pronouns and males use more noun specifiers.

Also – females use features that are “involved” while males use features that are “informational”.

So – those posts were designed to be “informational.” Maybe that had something to do with it.

But the study also found that men talk more about objects and females talk more about relationships. The whole Piss Off series was about your “relationship” with your customers.

So while I actually wear my banner of “blogging like a man” proudly, I still argue that I am “female” in my communication style.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.