I wonder if they've gotten the message that fanfiction draws a primarily female audience.
I did see that ff.net lists their male/female ratio as around 40/60, which is pretty high. I'm wondering how ff.net got those figures. If it's based on what people tell them when they sign up (it's been so long I don't recall what I was asked), well, when I'm asked a survey question for Yahoo! or some online form, I usually give them a fake name, say I'm male (I'm female), a birthdate that has nothing to do with my own, and a random career selected from their list. I usually pick something high tech. ;) They like that.
I would have done the same for ff.net.
A fan survey, now, those I answer honestly bcause I know how they're going to use the information.
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Date: 2007-07-28 10:17 am (UTC)I wonder if they've gotten the message that fanfiction draws a primarily female audience.
I did see that ff.net lists their male/female ratio as around 40/60, which is pretty high. I'm wondering how ff.net got those figures. If it's based on what people tell them when they sign up (it's been so long I don't recall what I was asked), well, when I'm asked a survey question for Yahoo! or some online form, I usually give them a fake name, say I'm male (I'm female), a birthdate that has nothing to do with my own, and a random career selected from their list. I usually pick something high tech. ;) They like that.
I would have done the same for ff.net.
A fan survey, now, those I answer honestly bcause I know how they're going to use the information.
I wonder if other people do the same.
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