So how gay is swine flu?: Facebook Gaynalysis

Short answer: Not actually that gay.
Long answer: Read on.
Facebook only allows you to view the past 7 days, so here’s the Google Trends graph for “swine flu” as a search term to keep in mind while looking at the data; the red line is where data collection begins:

How I did this gaynalysis
Using facebook’s friend filter, [...]

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Statistical analysis of Facebook response to Bea Arthur’s death: Gay vs. Straight

Bea Arthur was all up in my newsfeed this weekend, mostly in response to her now being dead.
Here’s a statistical analysis of this activity.  Be forewarned: this is real science. Prepare yourself accordingly.
Figure 1. Number of newsfeed items referencing Bea Arthur’s death, 48 hrs following death

Twelve gay people have mentioned Bea Arthur’s death on Facebook, [...]

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Don’t feel so bad about hiding your gay friends in your newsfeed.

In honor of Day of Silence on Friday (today if you’re Tufts and ur doin it wrong), in which the gays give it a rest already and shut up for just one hot second, here’s a totally scientific study I did about why it seems like all of your friends are gay when you go on Facebook and check out your newsfeed. Turns out, the gays really like to use Facebook.

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