Hey, Quantcast.com say that DU is a bunch of Rich, White, 65+, Empty Nesters! WTF?

I'm in the minority in 5 of their 6 Metrix's! Wtf?:wtf:

<http://www.quantcast.com/democraticunderground.com>

And, how would they even know all this stuff? :shrug:

..apparently they're all retired African-Americans with grad degrees.

Time to adjust the metrics....

:rofl:

...yeah, there might be a problem with that sites methodology.

I know lots of DU'ers personally. The sample is large enough to suggest that it's nearly statistically impossible for that assessment to be correct.

Almost none of the DU'ers are know are 65+, and i don't think ANY are empty nesters. Most i know have kids in grade school or high school!

There ain't no "might be" about it. The methodology is useless.
The Professor

You weren't!!!!! :rofl:

Because I'm a female African-American, 45 years old, far from rich, and my two young adult daughters still live with me!

:rofl:

Apparently I'm a 30-year old Congolese woman with a degree in tropical medicine, an out-of-wedlock son and an abiding fondness for tater-tot casseroles.

And all this time I thought I was a pasty, peevish white male Floridian. Who knew?

edited to specify "male", which I thought I was.

Damn! that was DUzy if I ever read one! :spray: :rofl:

All these years I've THOUGHT I was married to a 25-34 year old male Cauc with a 100K+ income who was committed to the grassroots effort to elect Ron Paul.

I feel so betrayed - I think I'll just fling myself onto a burning pyre of Vanity Fair magazines.

Oh shit.

LOL

*bowing*

He shoots. He scores. He Saves.

:P

:toast:

Shit. I lost 30 years and a bunch of kids.

Anyone seen 'em?

Guess I got that money now, tho.

Cool. I can buy new kids.

:P

All of a sudden, disposable income goes through the roof. Oh, and don't have pets. They can suck the bank account dry without lifting a paw.

:)

I would guess that a shit-eating dog would be cheaper to keep, but I need the cat to provide the shit.

This strikes me as the same relationship between the GOP and the Democratic Party.

:spray: :rofl:

(we had a dog that did that too..ick !!!)

<Kids = >$

But never having "added" any, I can't say for sure.



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SO far wrong.

so I guess that evens it out eh?

edit to add, the only one they missed was head of household college

I know that several months ago there was some kind of a survey, but the results were waaay different.

Here it is, Skinner's post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1153966

http://www.blogreaderproject.com/Blogs/democratic-underground

That's what I really want to know, because it looks like they have crazy results for several other sites too (see posts above).

I love the predominant religion at DU -- Agnostic. Damn! I go to that church.

http://www.blogreaderproject.com/Blogs/BlogsFolder/democratic-underground?page=3

Quantcast does not ask Internet users to fill out a survey.

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2006/12/quantcast_adds_.html

Quantcast continues to get better and better. They are really going to give Alexa a run for their money. The methodology is stronger on Quantcast because they qualify publishers and they don't just rely on a silly toolbar. They work with advertisers, publishers, ISPs and advertising networks to get hard data on millions of Web sites.

The gang at Quantcast has added added a bunch of new goodies, including comparative charting, traffic trends and siteographics that tell you what similar sites people in their panel are visiting. I bet they're not only going to give Alexa trouble, but I also think that folks like Nielsen and comScore should be nervous. This is powerful stuff and I find I am tapping into their site almost on a daily basis.

I'm 37, poor, mixed race, and haven't even begun to build my nest yet. Pfft!!!

and fuck whoever quantcast is.

Whoo Hoo! I'll call in to work and let them know I'm retired! Not like I need the money or anything, because I'm sure when I check the ATM this morning my balance will no longer be $125 with 7 days to payday.

What a relief!

-Hoot

Please explain, I don't see the connection to Ron Paul.

BTW, bank account did NOT have a brazillion dollars in it :cry:

-Hoot

Me too. I'm 51, no nest. And, i've been here since the second month, so i was only in my mid-40's when i first got here.

So, you and me; pack bags, and get out!

The Professor

Interesting. Perhaps this reflects the right wing troll prevalence at DU :shrug:

and somehow it has contaminated our stats.

well, yes, THAT keyword phrase describes me.

except in Latin I think it's supposed to be moisture complete plus amo. otherwise, I only fit the "white" part of Quantcast's description...and the Vanity Fair reader thing.

:argh:

:wtf::rofl:

:toast:

Sorry, I hate having to ask someone to explain a joke, but you completely stumped my with the Kirk Cameron reference.:shrug:

playfulness in the Lounge for his over the top religious program.

I may be white, but I'm not 65+, & I'm certainly not rich! I worry about making it in this screwed up economy every day.:wtf:

http://www.quantcast.com/freerepublic.com

I'm gonna guess that there's something wrong with their data.

It means more than the average website.

never had kids, so there were none to kick out of the nest... (do cats and dogs count? they are still at home, unemployed, sucking up the resources.. grrrr...lazy good for nothing fur balls.... :grin: )

Well they got the white part right..........

when they start chopping at your ankles you know you have hit a nerve

a rich old bat with no kids, then you win.

guess i dont fit in around these parts

Welcome to DU. :toast:

On their site they freely admit

"Our estimates are good, but because of the inherent limitations of panels they may still not be perfect." No shit.

I do believe he did, and I certainly filled it out.

It's not hard to believe the results -- it's skewed to a tad older than internet average, a tad more affluent (though the distribution is bimodal), we tend to be really white, and either no college or graduate school.

One would think that any political website would look similar. But feeding Freerepublic.com into the engine gives really loopy results: a huge population of minorities with relatively low median income and African-American as the predominant ethnicity. Oh -- and they like to read Vanity Fair and New Yorker magazine. uh huh.

aside from that....

children. Well, I am white.

:crazy:

wonderful to read that I am RICH, hope they tell the bank so I can get that Ferrari I always wanted.

:woohoo:

Now where the hell's all my money?

I'll stay middle aged though, thanks :7

:kick:

ok, white- but I prefer "beige-pink" which is a better description

:wtf:

Then explain to me why I have to often rob Peter to pay Paul, just so my bills will get paid.:crazy:

Am I hanging out with a bunch of rich people and I didn't even know it:shrug:

What doea that do to their study of DU?