One chart exposes the racial preferences of online dating

One chart exposes the racial preferences of online dating

Quartz has dug up a rather sad chart that reveals the racial preferences of online daters. Judging from data from Facebook dating app Are You Interested, you can see how different races respond to each other under the veil of the Internet. Most women respond positively to white men, while most men respond positively to Asian women. On the flip side, most women and all men have the lowest response rates when it comes to black men and women.

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YouTube Comments Will Soon Be Less Racist, Homophobic, and Confusing

YouTube Comments Will Soon Be Less Racist, Homophobic, and Confusing

Ever read the comments on a popular YouTube video? There is no faster way to strip yourself of faith in humanity. It’s a cesspool. And this is coming from someone who writes for the Gawker network. We know a little something about rowdy comments sections. YouTube’s is worse, but it’s finally about to smarten up.

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Traffic On A Petition To Prosecute Zimmerman Crashed The NAACP’s Site

Traffic On A Petition To Prosecute Zimmerman Crashed The NAACP's Site

After last night’s decision in the Trayvon Martin case, many Americans errupted in anger and disappointment about George Zimmerman’s acquittal. Almost immediately following the decision, the NAACP posted an online petition for federal prosecution of Zimmerman. And the site got so much traffic that it crashed and has been in and out ever since. MoveOn.org has been continuing the effort, but their site is also overwhelmed and crashing on and off.

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There Is Blatant Racist and Sexist Language Hiding in Open Source Code

GitHub is an exceptionally popular open-source community where any developer can find code for pretty much anything. But there’s a problem—some of that code contains extremely offensive racist, sexist, and homophobic, language. More »

Dumb Teen Buys Confederate iPhone Case Instead of UK Flag

Meet a girl with the wrong iPhone case. She enjoys normal teen things like Starbucks, snowboarding, and hanging out with friends. She also doesn’t know the difference between the Confederate Flag, universal symbol of bigotry, and the flag of the UK. And then she tweeted it. More »

When Applying for a Tech Job, Don’t Be a Racist Asshole (Updated) [Racism]

Justin Ching works on different tech-related products around the silicon valley and needed a web designer. He interviewed David Bernett, and kept him in consideration for the position afterwards. Then Bernett sent him a horribly racist email, invoking Asian slurs, for reasons unknown to all other parties involved. More »