Anytime someone uses the word “gaydar” my skill crawls. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the word — gay + radar = gaydar! — it just makes a weird sound in my ears. Like when people complain about the texture of food versus the flavor. Gaydar. Gah!
Anyway, Project Gaydar is upon us. Some nerds at MTI actually created a program that can examine a guy’s friend’s list on Facebook and determine if the said gentleman is gay or not, even if he did not declare that information anywhere on his personal Facebook page. You don’t even need to be the person’s friend.
So now people are all in a tizzy about online privacy and whathaveyou. Personally I think if you are going to put anything on the internet then you have to assume it is going to be accessible to everyone in the world. I remember the first time my mom found this website. I received an excited call from her, followed by a list of questions regarding a lot of my reviews. The only thing worse than your parents not accepting your way of life is when they are curious about it. Stop asking me about butt plugs mom! DANGER DANGER.
Anyway, the program seems to work in a “birds of a feather” manner, meaning if you have a lot of gay friends then of course you must also be gay. An excellent piece of information to throw out there, I’m sure. If you find yourself getting un-friended by your straight friends you can blame these hacks.
Thus far it’s apparently been accurate for men but they can’t seem to get it to work for lesbians.
I am hoping to get my sweaty paws on this software soon. Target: Geronimo.
