<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[gaydar - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>gaydar - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:46:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/gaydar/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[MIT Nerds Come Up With Facebook Gaydar Software]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trying to figure out if that guy in your office was born a homosexual? (Hint: he probably wasn't, you stalker.) Well, a few clever AP-wads at MIT have developed software that, using Facebook technolog...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2009/09/21/mit_nerds_come_up_with_facebook_gay/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c242dd244ad066cdcf7b015</guid><category><![CDATA[SF News]]></category><category><![CDATA[gay]]></category><category><![CDATA[gaydar]]></category><category><![CDATA[MIT]]></category><category><![CDATA[software]]></category><category><![CDATA[Technology in San Francisco & Silicon Valley]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Keeling]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:02:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/09/Paul_Smith_Check_Shoe1-thumb-640xauto-441803.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/09/Paul_Smith_Check_Shoe1-thumb-640xauto-441803.jpg" alt="MIT Nerds Come Up With Facebook Gaydar Software"><p></p>

<p>Trying to figure out if that guy in your office was born a homosexual? (Hint: he probably wasn't, you stalker.) Well, a few clever AP-wads at MIT have developed software that, using Facebook technology, can figure out if he prefers penis or vagina. </p>

<p>By using only his friends list, according to <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/5364264/facebook-gaydar-emerges-from-breakthrough-mit-project">Valleywag</a> (via <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/09/20/project_gaydar_an_mit_experiment_raises_new_questions_about_online_privacy/?page=full">Boston Globe</a>), they can determine his sexual orientation. "In the students' test, which examined 947 profiles, the program identified all 10 of 10 men the students knew to be gay, but who had not declared so on Facebook." </p>

<p>This software, which has yet to be released, will come in handy -- especially in the Bay Area where most men, specifically, tend to look/act gay. (Or so we hear. Or... who knows. We have terrible gaydar.)</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>