When I read a post that I find interesting, I often check the user’s profile to get more information about him/her. Having doen this for a while, I couldn’t but notice a tendency I can sum up like this:
Many users don’t fill in the profile at all; others do partially, but leave some categories blank, apparently for privacy reasons. But if a poster filled out the Occupation category in his/her profile, it’s pretty likely (s)he’s employed in the computer biz - software development, network adminsitration, and the like.
Now I wonder: Is this
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because the computer guys hang around on the SDMB in large quantities (maybe due to free internet access at work?)?
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because computer guys are less concerned about privacy and are more willing to tell others about their jobs than other dopers are?
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not true, and I got the wrong impression?
Has anyone noticed this before?