Poll: Sexual orientation • Hacker News Board

anxx wrote: post #6

am i the only one who thinks that if we expand this poll with availability and location info, we might just end up with an mvp for a dating site?

it would be just like every other dating site: 3 women, 126 men.

Re: Poll: Sexual orientation

#15

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 09, 2013, 7:56 PM UTC

st8ic wrote: post #14

anxx wrote: post #6

am i the only one who thinks that if we expand this poll with availability and location info, we might just end up with an mvp for a dating site?

it would be just like every other dating site: 3 women, 126 men.

[deleted]

Re: Poll: Sexual orientation

#16

Post by Paul_S » Tue, Apr 09, 2013, 7:56 PM UTC

logn wrote: post #5

Missing options: Other - Gay Other - Bisexual Other - Straight Other - Unknown

What does Other - Gay mean? That you are attracted to people of the same Other orientation or just same sex?

Re: Poll: Sexual orientation

#17

Post by anExcitedBeast » Tue, Apr 09, 2013, 7:58 PM UTC

logn wrote: post #5

Missing options: Other - Gay Other - Bisexual Other - Straight Other - Unknown

Maybe this makes me a terrible person, but "other" tells us nothing and seems to completely dodge the question.

Re: Poll: Sexual orientation

#18

Post by kintamanimatt » Tue, Apr 09, 2013, 7:59 PM UTC

ritchiea wrote: post #2

When is the race/ethnicity poll?

To me, it's a curiosity, partly because I'm a gay guy and partly because sexual orientation isn't something that's outwardly obvious. The anonymity of an internet poll is the perfect place to find out.

I know we could poll the hell out of the community and drill down to all kinds of details, but the one thing I've never, ever heard anybody discuss is the distribution of sexual orientations in tech, or at least as is represented by the HN userbase.

Re: Poll: Sexual orientation

#19

Post by ritchiea » Tue, Apr 09, 2013, 7:59 PM UTC

There really should be an Other - Other option

Re: Poll: Sexual orientation

#20

Post by aray » Tue, Apr 09, 2013, 7:59 PM UTC

This isn't just looking at sexual orientation, but gender identity and sexual orientation. Just asking about sexual orientation would be something like: Choose which of the following best represents you: Homosexual, Heterosexual, Bisexual, Other.