# Click on the dots; they guess your age **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224 "2013-04-20T16:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/41 "2013-04-20T19:22:43Z")
It guessed me at 36. I’m 50. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/42 "2013-04-20T19:32:18Z")
24 years old, laptop touchpad, lazing on the couch. It thinks I’m 50+ ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/43 "2013-04-20T19:35:44Z")
I hypothesize that this test is actually collecting data about computer usage by age and location. The dots are a red herring. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/44 "2013-04-20T20:39:54Z")
They were only one year off for me! But I had to ‘click’ twice a few times because of me using a touchpad. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/45 "2013-04-20T20:59:08Z")
It guessed 33, I’m 50. Using a laptop with an optical mouse. It was funny that before the test it said to make the window as big as possible, and even after maximizing the browser window I got a message that the window wasn’t big enough. Yet most of the test seemed to happen in the left half and upper two thirds of my screen, so I don’t know what they needed all the extra room for. The red dot always moved in the same pattern in the group of circles, so after a while I was able to anticipate where it was moving to. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/46 "2013-04-20T20:59:52Z")
It guessed 24. I’m 26. I’m sure monitor size and mouse tracking speed makes a difference, but they claim they consider 60 factors in addition to just speed. I was impressed at its accuracy, but based on figures in this thread, mine may just have been a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/47 "2013-04-20T21:04:43Z")
I am 49. It thought that I was 29. I was feeling really good about that until I saw some of the other replies here. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/48 "2013-04-20T21:06:59Z")
I am 56. It guessed that I am 10. Ten!!! Should I be proud or dismayed? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/49 "2013-04-20T21:08:47Z")
The guess was 41. I’m 59. I use a wireless mouse that isn’t always very responsive - I wonder how different it would have been if I’d used a wired mouse? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/50 "2013-04-20T21:14:39Z")
Guess 31 Actual 48 ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/51 "2013-04-20T21:16:28Z")
I am almost 53 years old… it guessed me as… …10!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/52 "2013-04-20T21:18:13Z")
I’m 68. The app guessed 31. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/53 "2013-04-20T21:30:10Z")
It thought I was seven years older than I am. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/54 "2013-04-20T21:32:21Z")
It guessed 34. I’m 27. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/55 "2013-04-20T21:53:09Z")
Guessed 30, I’m 42. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/56 "2013-04-20T22:05:09Z")
I have to wonder if the demographics among the middle aged folks here at the Dope is part of why we’re coming up with such large discrepancies in this age group. I’ve noticed that they tended to be closer to the actual age of the younger posters in this thread. Among those of us who are middle aged (or older), most of us skew toward jobs / careers that involve spending more time on a computer than, say, people who have spent their work lives sewing gloves, digging ditches, filling potholes or inserting tab A into slot B on the assembly line. Mouse and keyboarding skills are something we not only use outside of work, but a tool that we make our living with. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/57 "2013-04-20T22:14:11Z")
Guess: 30 Actual: 39 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/58 "2013-04-20T22:14:31Z")
It thought I was 10 years old! (I’m 44) ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/59 "2013-04-20T22:52:41Z")
It was off a bit for me. Said I was 31 and I’m a few days shy of 66. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/60 "2013-04-20T23:01:28Z")
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