Incel Activity on Social Media Linked to Local Mating Ecology

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976211036065

 

[IAMNOTANINCEL]

Dnr

 

[Aypo129]

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[Deleted member 22918]

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[Aypo129]

but reps regardless to my nigga

 

[IAMNOTANINCEL]

Over 321 million tweets were geolocated to cities in 582 commuting zones, ranging from 1,173 to 26.75 million tweets per zone (total tweet volume: M = 552,285, SD = 1,922,843). The number of incel tweets was 3,649, ranging from 0 to 409 across commuting zones (M = 6.27, SD = 25.96). The 3,745 tweets about incels ranged from 0 to 337 across commuting zones (M = 6.43, SD = 25.115). Total tweet volume, number of incel tweets, and number of tweets about incels were all transformed to log10(x + 1). Both dependent variables were significantly associated with overall Twitter activity from a commuting zone—number of incel tweets: r(581) = .82, p < .00001; number of tweets about incels: r(581) = .84, p < .00001. The partial correlation between number of incel tweets and number of tweets about incels, controlling for the effect of total tweet volume, was also positive, strong, and significant—r(579) = .61, p < .00001. Figure 1 illustrates the volume of incel tweets across U.S. cities in relation to inequality.

Fig. 1. Distribution of incel tweet volume across the United States, corrected for total tweet volume. Marker size represents tweet volume, and marker color represents the level of income inequality (as indexed by the 2018 five-year Gini coefficient).OPEN IN VIEWER
The regression models for the dependent variable, incel tweets, indicated that hashtags and terms used largely or exclusively by incels were more common in commuting zones in which sex ratios were more male biased and income inequality was greater (Table 1). The nonparametric thin-plate spline (Fig. 2) showed a similar result despite the loosening of the constraints of parametric-function estimation: Commuting zones with high inequalities and above-average sex ratios experienced the most incel tweets. There was some suggestion that smaller gender-income gaps were also associated with more tweets using these terms, but the reduced model (Model 6) did not retain this term. There was no support for an effect of the percentage of single women, the gender gap in employment, or the change in manufacturing employment.

Fig. 2. Nonparametric thin-plate spline showing the relationship between sex ratio (percentage of men), income inequality (Gini index), and the number of incel tweets. Red represents greater frequency of incel tweets, and blue represents lower frequency. The thin-plate spline model fits both covariates, plus the control variables total tweet volume (log10) and mean income (see Model 6 in Table 1), to predict the dependent variable (incel tweets) in a way that is not constrained to parametric functions.OPEN IN VIEWER
Tweets about incels were more common in commuting zones in which sex ratios were more male biased, fewer women were single, income inequality was greater, and gender-income gaps were smaller (Table 2). The pairwise relationships are visualized again in thin-plate splines (Fig. 3). These show that commuting zones are likely to have high rates of tweeting about incels if the zones have high sex ratios, high economic inequality, and few single women. Again, there was no support for an effect of the gender gap in employment or the change in manufacturing employment.

Fig. 3. Nonparametric thin-plate splines showing the pairwise relationships of sex ratio (percentage of men), percentage of single women, income inequality, and gender gap in earnings at the 50th percentile with the number of tweets about incels. Red represents greater frequency of incel tweets, and blue represents lower frequency. The thin-plate spline model fits all four covariates, plus the control variables total tweet volume (log10) and mean income (see Model 6 in Table 2), to predict the dependent variable (tweets about incels) in a way that is not constrained to parametric functions.

 

[slayer69]

Incels are higher In number where there is more competition especially in places where there are more men with better looks, way more money, and high social status?

Wow would’ve never thought of that

Thanks for formalizing it though journal paper now we know it’s not broscience anymore but real science

 

[IAMNOTANINCEL]

Misogynistic content promoted by incels has similarly heinous effects in everyday life that require both prevention and mitigation. Our results suggest not only that the antisocial behaviors of the incel movement and, possibly, the broader manosphere have their origins in local mating markets but also that they are detectable via aggregate patterns of social media posting. Together with findings of a recent investigation showing that misogynistic posts on Twitter correlate with and prospectively predict family violence in the United States (Blake et al., 2020), the present results suggest that social media might not only facilitate the problem but also provide an important part of the response. It is possible that social media trends might provide an indication of local attitudes and help identify places to focus interventions that alleviate tensions and prevent violence.

 

[Aypo129]

Incels are higher In number where there is more competition especially in places where there are more men with better looks, way more money, and high social status?

Wow would’ve never thought of that

Thanks for formalizing it though journal paper now we know it’s not broscience anymore but real science

Did you unironically read it?

 

[slayer69]

Did you unironically read it?

Only the abstract to see how the paper was trying to tell this

It’s from Twitter data

 

[Aypo129]

Only the abstract to see how the paper was trying to tell this

It’s from Twitter data

Nerd

 

[slayer69]

Nerd

I’m not a nerd, you’re a faggot and a redditor. Just give up already

 

[Aypo129]

I’m not a nerd, you’re a faggot and a redditor. Just give up already

Whoa ay squeeze it nigga

this u rn

 

[slayer69]

Whoa ay squeeze it nigga

this u rn

I don’t get it

 

[Aypo129]

I don’t get it

nvm
youre dumb

 

[zharupodrugu]

who cares about incels. Fuck them

 

[Outlier]

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976211036065

Good post. I'll post some qoutes that I feel are relevant to men here.

Overall, this paper isn't here to help incels, but to make an argument for further surveillance and government overreach. Basically a paper to justify the demonization of single, lonely men and to keep the U.S. a gynocentric utopia.

Abstract​

"Young men with few prospects of attracting a mate have historically threatened the internal peace and stability of societies. In some contemporary societies, such involuntary celibate—or incel—men promote much online misogyny and perpetrate real-world violence. We tested the prediction that online incel activity arises via local real-world mating-market forces that affect relationship formation. From a database of 4 billion Twitter posts (2012–2018), we geolocated 321 million tweets to 582 commuting zones in the continental United States, of which 3,649 tweets used words peculiar to incels and 3,745 were about incels. We show that such tweets arise disproportionately within places where mating competition among men is likely to be high because of male-biased sex ratios, few single women, high income inequality, and small gender gaps in income. Our results suggest a role for social media in monitoring and mitigating factors that lead young men toward antisocial behavior in real-world societies."

"When changing patterns of international trade reduced male earnings in parts of the United States over recent decades, they also reduced marriage rates and fertility and elevated male idleness, early mortality, unwed maternity, and child poverty"

"Tweets about incels were more common in commuting zones in which sex ratios were more male biased, fewer women were single, income inequality was greater, and gender-income gaps were smaller"

"Our results lead to the conclusion that incels are at least partly accurate about the external conditions that contribute to their lack of success establishing heterosexual relationships. However, the fact that groups such as incels have insights into their predicament that are consistent with science should never be interpreted to mean that those scientific ideas legitimize unacceptable behavior by members of those groups."

Science has finally caught up to what incels have been saying for years.

"It is possible that social media trends might provide an indication of local attitudes and help identify places to focus interventions that alleviate tensions and prevent violence."

 

[Deleted member 46979]

Incels are higher In number where there is more competition especially in places where there are more men with better looks, way more money, and high social status?

Wow would’ve never thought of that

Thanks for formalizing it though journal paper now we know it’s not broscience anymore but real science

not like the "real science" has much credibility these days anyway. those fucking morons are always 10 years behind psl

 

[Deleted member 4397]

Young heterosexual men with poor prospects of finding a mate represent a potentially tectonic societal force (Hudson & den Boer, 2004; Hudson & Matfess, 2017; M. Wilson & Daly, 1985). In multiple societies and at various times, such men have proved especially likely to discount the future, abuse drugs, show aggression toward others, and commit crime at great cost to public health, safety, and security

 

[Outlier]

not like the "real science" has much credibility these days anyway. those fucking morons are always 10 years behind psl

It's not a bad paper. It points out stuff incels have been saying for years, but the conclusion they come to is ridiculous. Instead of solving the demographics issue, say by bringing in only female migrants to the U.S., they'd rather just allow all these incels to rot and accept there plight. Oh, and if they act out toward the society that actively is against them then they are the enemy. It's like these retards are trying to promote more incel men to commit crimes. Supposedly, preventing "misogyny" is more important to theses cucks then a stable society.

 

[Krakowski]

#becky #stacy

 

[PseudoMaxxer]

tldr?