Gee, How Did These Boobies Get On My Screen?
from the so-many-accidents! dept
We're generally pretty skeptical about every single study that talks about personal surfing at work -- because, without fail, they all seem to be funded by companies looking to sell web filters. The latest such study is, indeed, funded by a firm trying to sell filters, but has one amusing point. While not that many people actually do end up surfing porn at work (16% of men and 8% of women), only 6% of men and 5% of women claimed they surfed pornography at work on purpose. Of course, if that's the case, can someone explain why 10% of men are seeing porn accidentally, while only 3% of women are? Are men just naturally "accidentally" surfing to more sites that may include porn, or is someone being a little less than truthful? Seems more like people are answering the survey based on what they think they should say, rather than what's true.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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accidental porn
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Great point! I like soft porn too. This is one guy who doesn't like watching cock. I probably look at all the non-porn porn women do, with the addition of lesbians.
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Um, no duh.
Usually I find Techdirt pretty insightful, but this was pretty pointless.
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wups...
*This study was funded by your mom.
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Seriously, this is like saying "NEWS FLASH: children lie when they don't want to get in trouble".
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yay for personalized search
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Then again, nobody ever said they were being honest.
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Wow! 3% of women surf for porn
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What exactly was accidental?
1. I was surfing for porn, but forgot that I was at work. (Clicked the wrong bookmark by mistake.)
2. I was surfing for something else, but accidentally got porn. (Clicked the wrong search result by mistake.)
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I think I'm in love (or at least lust)
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sex or porn
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