A study conducted by scientists at the Queen Mary University of London involved the analysis of 2.6 million posts on the well-known social networking site, Nextdoor. Surprisingly, they were able to predict a user's income accurately, using only the content of their posts. The researchers noted promi

A study conducted by scientists at the Queen Mary University of London involved the analysis of 2.6 million posts on the well-known social networking site, Nextdoor. Surprisingly, they were able to predict a user’s income accurately, using only the content of their posts.

  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    They used nextdoor, a local community social network. So they have pretty detailed information of where someone lives.

    Their findings:

    People in affluent neighbourhoods post about rich people issues.

    People in poor neighbourhoods post about poor people issues.

    Shocking stuff…

    • Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      You mean… that you can predict one’s income by where they fall on the “Roach Motel Apartment” to “3x McMansions and 2x condos in NYC” spectrum?

      Cuz I find it surprising. Most of the millionaires/billionaires club don’t actually post a real income. They have investments, and take loans against those investments. (or the growth in value there of.)