Slog - Comments on What Are You Searching For? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for Not so much porn, says a web expert. Porn passed over as Web users become social Bill Tancer, a self-described "data geek," has analyzed information for over 10 million web users to conclude that we are, in fact, what we click, with Internet searches giving an up-to-date view of how society and people are changing.... Tancer, in his new book, "Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why It Matters," said analyzing web searches did not just reflect what was happening online but gave a wider picture of society and people's behavior.... He said surfing for porn had... Copyright 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:04:13 -0800 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by xtube = ew friends don't watch friends whack off

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]]> chicagogaydude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144852 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:12:43 -0800 Comment by konstantconsumer @1: yes we do.

]]> konstantconsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144853 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144853 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:13:20 -0800 Comment by Banna It means we've moved on from searching for masturbation material to searching for hookups with other human beings. Check out the growth in Craigslist's "casual encounters" section.

]]> Banna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144854 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:13:27 -0800 Comment by elenchos You must be the porn you want to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144856 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:24:52 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago Agree with Dan. People don't need to search for porn anymore, they just know where to go. Even if you're looking for a very specific type of porn, there are sites that list hundreds of different categories of porn (gigagalleries.com comes to mind).

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144884 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:57:59 -0800 Comment by raindrop @5: So was Ghandi advocating narcissism?

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144933 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144933 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:28:04 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity You mean you actually have to search for porn.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1144995 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:08:19 -0800 Comment by Al Working in a gay porn store for seven years, I can tell my interest has waned. Don't get me wrong ... I love porn & it's broaden my sexual horizons beyond the narrow scope I had many years ago.

When you've seen every type of (legal) porn out there, it's pretty dull.

I have been searching the social networking sites more to connect w/ people w/ similar interests in me in a more cerebral level.

]]> Al http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145004 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:12:25 -0800 Comment by scott I haven't read that book, but based on the article quotes, that guy sounds like a horrible analyst. The percent of searches changing is NOT the same as the total number of searches changing. You can't say "it was 20% then and 10% now, so therefore there's less searches". If, hypothetically, there are ten times more searches overall now, then that's still more porn searches, they just make up a smaller overall proportion.

A PERCENT change could easily have to do with Internet demographics changing. It could just be that there are now a lot of teen and tween girls on myspace, and very few of them are searching for porn.

]]> scott http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145017 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:20:34 -0800 Comment by John Bailo Every one knows what Google does with the search data...

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145020 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145020 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:21:14 -0800 Comment by anthony @1 haha not bad.

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]]> amy! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145030 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:29:55 -0800 Comment by and I can't get drunk off a JPG I'm too depressed to whack off these days.

]]> and I can't get drunk off a JPG http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145036 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:34:57 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay The 18-24 year olds aren't searching for porn because they're too busy making it.

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145086 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145086 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:11:36 -0800 Comment by Jim I have used the internet for porn since 1986 (i.e. since before the "web" existed). In that time I have used a search engine to find porn at most two times. I have always been leery of giving Google (and its ancestors) information about my pervy desires.

Despite never using a search engine to find porn between 10-50% of my internet time is spent on porn. This basically varies depending on how much time I spend online, the time I spend on porn stays constant for the most part.

This is my way of saying his methodology is flawed.

]]> Jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/what_are_you_searching_for#c1145214 Sex Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:07 -0800