Why are the markers so evenly distributed across the map? There should be a much larger concentration of markers in places where population density (with Internet access) is high. For instance, there seems to be as much markers in Canada as in the US.
My guess is that most (read 99%) of the markers are fake. The map was most likely populated by the website owner.
it could just be the user interface design. instead of markers, they could switch to gradients, so that you could view sex density, in the way you want it
Can we get this crap off HN? Please? It's just sad that the current #1 story is one about people having sex. And not even anything intellectually interesting about sex. Just "there are people having sex". Um... Great?
As the submitter, maybe I should annotate the submissions as to why I submitted.
I was watching the Colbert report and he was making fun of Blippy, which is like the Twitter for your receipts. To highlight how we seem to be moving to broadcasting every ridiculously mundane aspect of our lives, he highlighted what I submitted above.
Is it indicative of a larger trend of over-sharing? Don't know, and hard to say. But it is interesting that someone would try to build it to see if people would use it, and it is an interesting example of an app that takes over-sharing to the extreme.
And it is also interesting to ask the question, what if you take over-sharing to the extreme? Beyond the cultural taboos, can all this perceived uselessness be useful from a different angle?
If it was just a webapp, I don't know that I'd submit it. However, as an iPhone app, which it does, I can see how one might want to both record your sexual behaviors to see if you need to change it up, and if it was shared anonymously, you'd get to compare sexual behaviors with your city or state. It wasn't until Masters and Johnson did their study that a lot of the myths about American sexual behavior was dispelled.
This has the same potential, perhaps. Into S&M, but not finding lots of people that are? Maybe you need to move somewhere else. If you don't like LA, where else in the country would you go?
As a long time HN user, I don't like seeing crap on the front page either, and if you check my submit history, the last two things of mine that made the front page are about git and arc in js.
It's a web app someone made, I think linking to interesting web apps is almost always on topic as long as they are more complicated than a single serving web site.
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looking forward to when pg lets us starting tagging things as meta
I'm reminded of the scene in idiocracy where two of the morons actually get off their couches and meet. Their dialog went something like this:
"So what do you like?"
"I like eating and sex."
"Really? Me too!"
Apps like this seem to fit the idiocracy mold; striving to find the lowest common denominator of interest. What's next? Tracking our bowel movements? Places we've had diarrhea? Places we saw pretty girls?
In short, looks like a great idea. I'm happy to not be using it.
" What's next? Tracking our bowel movements? Places we've had diarrhea? Places we saw pretty girls?"
That's what Twitter is for.
Or at least, that's what Twitter gets used for. Most people have entirely unremarkable lives (nothing wrong with that). You get a Twitter account, and you say ... what? "I just went to Starbuck's again. LOL!"
What's the reason behind this? Please someone explain? I would be happy to see "I just fall in love" or "I've just said I'm in love" since it is romantic and positive, but why would I want to know sex positions on the valentine's day?
Maybe they are planning on monetizing based on those stats. I'm sure certain companies would like to deliver targeted ads based on individuals' preferences.
Also, judging by the "Use of condoms by country" graph on the Love Stats page (http://ijustmadelove.com/map/statistics/), users in certain ahem countries could do with some condom ads or sex/health info delivered to their phones!
[+] [-] olalonde|16 years ago|reply
My guess is that most (read 99%) of the markers are fake. The map was most likely populated by the website owner.
[+] [-] mtw|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mhansen|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] joezydeco|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] palish|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] iamwil|16 years ago|reply
I was watching the Colbert report and he was making fun of Blippy, which is like the Twitter for your receipts. To highlight how we seem to be moving to broadcasting every ridiculously mundane aspect of our lives, he highlighted what I submitted above.
Is it indicative of a larger trend of over-sharing? Don't know, and hard to say. But it is interesting that someone would try to build it to see if people would use it, and it is an interesting example of an app that takes over-sharing to the extreme.
And it is also interesting to ask the question, what if you take over-sharing to the extreme? Beyond the cultural taboos, can all this perceived uselessness be useful from a different angle?
If it was just a webapp, I don't know that I'd submit it. However, as an iPhone app, which it does, I can see how one might want to both record your sexual behaviors to see if you need to change it up, and if it was shared anonymously, you'd get to compare sexual behaviors with your city or state. It wasn't until Masters and Johnson did their study that a lot of the myths about American sexual behavior was dispelled.
This has the same potential, perhaps. Into S&M, but not finding lots of people that are? Maybe you need to move somewhere else. If you don't like LA, where else in the country would you go?
As a long time HN user, I don't like seeing crap on the front page either, and if you check my submit history, the last two things of mine that made the front page are about git and arc in js.
[+] [-] rms|16 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] hendler|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] NZ_Matt|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] babyshake|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] akadien|16 years ago|reply
Poll: how many of you added markers? I did!
[+] [-] DanielBMarkham|16 years ago|reply
"So what do you like?"
"I like eating and sex."
"Really? Me too!"
Apps like this seem to fit the idiocracy mold; striving to find the lowest common denominator of interest. What's next? Tracking our bowel movements? Places we've had diarrhea? Places we saw pretty girls?
In short, looks like a great idea. I'm happy to not be using it.
[+] [-] nfnaaron|16 years ago|reply
That's what Twitter is for.
Or at least, that's what Twitter gets used for. Most people have entirely unremarkable lives (nothing wrong with that). You get a Twitter account, and you say ... what? "I just went to Starbuck's again. LOL!"
[+] [-] mtw|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] electronslave|16 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] jrockway|16 years ago|reply
[+] [-] xenonite|16 years ago|reply
(and I would like to deeplink to a specific area please :) )
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[+] [-] milestinsley|16 years ago|reply
Also, judging by the "Use of condoms by country" graph on the Love Stats page (http://ijustmadelove.com/map/statistics/), users in certain ahem countries could do with some condom ads or sex/health info delivered to their phones!
[+] [-] sown|16 years ago|reply