sethsd

I said that the group most-mentioned in Stormfront member profiles is Jews and that things often come back to Jews. But this is not to say there are not many threads about black-on-white crime and immigration, which I mention right off the bat. Most of those threads tend to mention Jews, as well ... not saying that's the primary motivation of everyone or that it even matters which group is talked about the most. But I think everything I said will be clear to anybody who goes through the site.

yea, that seems a better way to do it. and regardless you're dealing with such a small percentage of white nationalists and such a selected sample that it can only be suggestive. but i'm really not sure how else you could get any clues, so it seems worthwhile. -- seth

i meant that i don't know what the answer is. because the obvious answers that sound really good -- diversity, education, economic development -- may not work.

Hey, thanks for comment. I'm a bit skeptical of the whole linguistic analysis thing, for various reasons. But I could be convinced otherwise (Also this would bias the analysis away from people who just register and lurk) ... Another thing I looked at was Facebook profiles. But this part was cut due to space. Here's what I found:

Not surprisingly, most Stormfront users do not want to announce their white nationalism to the world. But about 100 Americans say on Facebook that they like Stormfront and are publicly searchable. This small, selected sample can offer suggestive clues to the membership of such sites. Are, for example, white nationalists unpopular and social pariahs?

Nearly 80 percent of Stormfront fans had more than 100 Facebook friends. Nearly 60 percent had more than 200 friends. By comparison, a 2011 study found only half of Facebook users had more than 100 friends.

Finally, another thing that was interesting was the percent of people who are atheists on the site. But I wasn't sure exactly what to compare that to, so that got cut too.

- Seth