What does facebook "interested in" blank mean?

[rain09]

I didn't mean it like that. If, in a conversation, my dating life or something similar comes up, I'll be honest and say I'm bi. Otherwise, if the person shows no interest for my preferences whatsoever, there's no need to tell them. Just like I'm not going to tell some stranger I'm an engineering student all of a sudden.

 

[Lube]

... unless you're talking about engineering.

So if you're talking with someone about dating or movies or things to do, do you mention the male and female dates/relationships you've had?

 

[lostnfound]

Well, I have a few friends who are 100% straight and leave it blank. The only things they have on their info is network, birthday, and gender.

I think for them, it's just simplicity.

 

[kramer362]

read the article... they conducted the study at my university!!

could someone direct me to this article?

 

[Tizinsane]

There could be something to it...

I'll admit....mine is blank right now.

 

[Atrocity]

Yeah having "interested in" blank is usually a pretty good sign. most of the people who are gay on my facebook have theirs blank, including mine

 

[SAGUY84]

Reading alot into it i think. Interested in left blank means he doesn't want people to know who he's interested in, or he's not looking

 

[Atrocity]

Haha well i asked a few people, and the consensus seems to be that the "Interested in" bit was the only part of their profile they actually filled in, mainly so that people wouldn't wonder if they were gay.

How lol

 

[Stoopid]

Stop. Just stop. I know its hard, but please stop being desperate and looking into every little thing to find out if a person is gay or not. It's not healthy.

/topic

 

[Lube]

Reading alot into it i think. Interested in left blank means he doesn't want people to know who he's interested in, or he's not looking
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Yes i'm Closeted, NO i'm not coming out!

Well, your signature says it right there. You want other people to believe your lies, so you want everyone to believe these my-interested-in-is-blank-on-Facebook guys.

Life doesn't work that way. People see right through that shit, sorry.

Stop. Just stop. I know its hard, but please stop being desperate and looking into every little thing to find out if a person is gay or not. It's not healthy.

/topic

Desperate is not seeing the elephant in the room.

Desperate is putting your head in the sand.

A blank interested-in is as sure a clue as any that he's gay/bi.

 

[terps420]

Do you all realize that most people don't use facebook as a means to hook up?

Leaving one little thing blank doesn't mean shit, just 'cause you don't write in your political or religious status doesn't mean you don't have one. Basing your assumptions of someone else's sexuality on a blank is absolutely fucking ridiculous, it's almost mind boggling to me.

 

[SAGUY84]

Well, your signature says it right there. You want other people to believe your lies, so you want everyone to believe these my-interested-in-is-blank-on-Facebook guys.

Life doesn't work that way. People see right through that shit, sorry.

Old sig is old. And for the record, when i came out, not a single person knew

People are saying, if its blank, he's gay/bi. Wrong, people leave it blank, or change it, or even have it listing the opposite, for whatever reason they choose. This doesn't define their sexuality, and people telling this guy that it does, is just getting his hopes up for nothing.


This basically sums up my point

"Why do you care? None of your fucking business!"

 

[Willie Boy]

OK. So I have this friend who I think might be gay, but who has always been really sketchy about his own sexuality. He has denied he's gay but never really wants to stay on that topic either. He hasn't had a serious girlfriend, EVER, despite the fact he's 24 years old.

Anyways, this is why I'm posting. About a month ago, I noticed that his facebook profile changed. While he maintained that he was single, he changed the profile from "Interested In: Women" to just leaving the field blank. If he was now in a relationship, I could see taking that down. But if you're still single but leave the interested in field blank, that seems to indicate to me that you're gay. I had the same thing in my profile until March 2007, when I came out and immediately changed my profile from "Interested In: Women" to blank, while maintaining my single status. What do people think?

This does not necessarily mean anything. He mat be disinterested in a sexual relationship and didn't want to have ladies flirting with him.

Maybe he's old fashioned and is uncomfortable with casual talk of sex.

Or maybe he is questioning his sexuality and wants to figure out for himself where he fits in without any pressure.

Or (one more) maybe he is gay and just isn't in to you, but is afraid to tell you for fear you cause a scene.

There are many more possibilities, but I don't feel like typing them all out for closed minded individuals.

 

[Lube]

Old sig is old. And for the record, when i came out, not a single person knew

People are saying, if its blank, he's gay/bi. Wrong, people leave it blank, or change it, or even have it listing the opposite, for whatever reason they choose. This doesn't define their sexuality, and people telling this guy that it does, is just getting his hopes up for nothing.

No one knew... leave it blank...

Your whole existence is based on secrets. That's the first sign that someone is gay/bi.

I have more respect for people's intelligence and kindness.

 

[Lube]

This does not necessarily mean anything. He mat be disinterested in a sexual relationship and didn't want to have ladies flirting with him.

Maybe he's old fashioned and is uncomfortable with casual talk of sex.

Or maybe he is questioning his sexuality and wants to figure out for himself where he fits in without any pressure.

Or (one more) maybe he is gay and just isn't in to you, but is afraid to tell you for fear you cause a scene.

There are many more possibilities, but I don't feel like typing them all out for closed minded individuals.

You have to distinguish between possible and likely.

 

[SAGUY84]

No one knew... leave it blank...

Your whole existence is based on secrets. That's the first sign that someone is gay/bi.

I have more respect for people's intelligence and kindness.

This isn't about me, it is about some guy the op knows. the point is, its blank. Its blank because he wants it blank, if he wanted you (tho op) to know, he would answer it.

I'm quite shocked at how stupid some people can be, if its blank, yup 100% gay.....

 

[blackbeltninja]

Well, reading the article and the arguments presented there and in here, I think it's safe say you can make a prediction as to whether someone is straight or gay or whatever.

Whether or not it's right is another story. Just because two thirds of the time it is correct, or even 19 times out of twenty, there isn't a 100% correlation so it's still just a guess. The obvious question is how confident are you in the prediction? Would you put your cock on a block and go with it, or do you still think the 1/3 or 1/20 times it's wrong is unacceptably high?

Until someone tells you they are gay, IMO, you just don't know for certain.

-d-

 

[rareboy]

Is 'sheep' an option?

 

[infrasound]

I wouldn't read too much into someone's "Interested In" section. Just personally, I put men and women even though I'm primarily attracted to men, because Facebook is just a social networking site, and I'm "friends" with family, coworkers, colleagues, people's dogs and cats, etc. And to be overly literal, I am interested in men and women in a social sense.

That's a really interesting study about predicting sexual orientation through networking sites - I remember reading about it a while back. I would say the company you keep says more about you than filling in the "Interested In" box.

Didn't Weird Al have a song about his TIVO thinking he was gay?

 

[Audio Tech]

I left mine blank because I'm actually not interested in anyone on Facebook. Never thought of it. Nor are my interests anyone's business on anything other than a dating site, or places like JUB. In fact, I ONLY opened a Facebook account to find a school mate or two. Which I DID, btw.