Men and women tweet differently

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As the University of Neuchâtel announced Tuesday, Neuchâtel researchers analyzed 338,000 English tweets that were written equally by men and women.

Women tweeted more often with pronouns (me/me, you, we/our) and expressed their emotions more often than men (happy, excited, etc.). They also pay more attention to words that describe social ties (girlfriend, friend, family). Men, on the other hand, preferred third-person pronouns (he, they), used more numbers, and used more negations.

There were also clear gender differences when it came to the use of emojis. Women used emoji more often than men: an average of nine emojis per thousand words for women and six emojis per thousand words for men.

While women preferred to use smiling faces, kissing faces and red hearts, the most popular emojis among men were thumbs, soccer balls and beer.

Observations also confirm gender stereotypes about the topics covered in text messages: posts about shopping and brands are more popular with women, while men like to chat about sports, games or technology.

Using this information, a computer program trained by the researchers was able to accurately predict whether 80 percent of tweets were written by a woman or a man. (SDA)

Source : Blick