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Canadian university officials say they hope their new, web-based initiative will act as a "social mirror" reflecting the "pervasive and damaging" issue of casual homophobia on the Internet.The site, called NoHomophobes.com, reportedly measures the number of instances several commonly-used anti-gay terms -- including "faggot" and "dyke" -- are used daily, weekly and yearly on Twitter. The tally of numbers is indeed staggering: for instance, the term "so gay" was mentioned in a total of 800,000 tweets since July, though the most common was undoubtedly "faggot" (used 2.4 million times in the Twittersphere), according to the site.
Life for the sake of life means nothing.
I doubt it, but I also doubt there's anyone who uses "faggot" in any kind of socially-redeeming context.
Quote from: Random Guy on September 28, 2012, 03:03:43 amI doubt it, but I also doubt there's anyone who uses "faggot" in any kind of socially-redeeming context.Well people from the UK still do use the term fag to refer to cigarettes. So things like "I am popping out for a fag" would be an entirely innocent statement and reasonably common in chats. However, given how twitter is not really chatting, but more posting statements and status updates, I doubt it would be used much.
So many people trying to get on the site on purpose. [facepalm]
Did you guys pay any attention to the actual posts being highlighted? The number of people who are using the word in that context is statistically insignificant.
Quote from: Saturn500 on September 28, 2012, 10:00:53 pmSo many people trying to get on the site on purpose. [facepalm]It's what I'd do if I had a Twitter account.
The site seems like a waste of time and effort. It's like going into a sewer and noting in detail how much it stinks.