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Re:French equality watchdog finds 90% of online pornography ... by mcphage on Thursday September 28, 2023 @12:35PM (#37692077)
> Do you have any points to make

Well, the fact that the title is "90% of online pornography" but from the actual study, it talks about 90% of the top 50 watched videos, so we've gone from "90% of pornography" to "45 videos".

> I could equally well say "There's a large pro-porn contingent on HN" and then leave it at that

Well, there is.

Re:French equality watchdog finds 90% of online pornography ... by AlecSchueler on Thursday September 28, 2023 @12:40PM (#37692150)
> we've gone from "90% of pornography" to "45 videos".

Yes, the 45 most watched videos. They also analyse the metadata of millions of related videos. The headline is of course not the whole study. What do you think might be a better headline? I would welcome a debate on the basis of that one.

> Well, there is.

Yes, that's a tautology.

Re:French equality watchdog finds 90% of online pornography ... by sambazi on Friday September 29, 2023 @05:16AM (#37701178)
> Personally I don't see the significant material difference between 90% of the 50 most popular videos depicting violence against women and 90% of all porn videos depicting the same. I'm happy to hear why you might disagree though.

i don't think you've established a rationale for the discussion you are hoping for.

Re:French equality watchdog finds 90% of online pornography ... by mcphage on Friday September 29, 2023 @08:37AM (#37703061)
> Yes, the 45 most watched videos.

Which represents what percentage of pornography watching? Or rather: what fraction of a percent of pornography watching?

> Personally I don't see the significant material difference between 90% of the 50 most popular videos depicting violence against women and 90% of all porn videos depicting the same. I'm happy to hear why you might disagree though.

Well, "90% of pornography" is millions of videos. So at the very least, the material difference between them is again, literally millions of videos.

> Altneratively: What do you think might be a better headline? I would welcome a debate on the basis of that one.

It's a 200 page report written in French. I have no idea.