A while ago, a Jewish data scientist writing for the New York looked in to the users of Stormfront, and found some interesting things:
He found that most members tend to be younger than the average internet user
About 70% of the users were male. This is about the same proportion of atheists that are male.
SF membership tends to be higher in places with more minorities especially looking at the under 18 group who can't relocate to a whiter area.
The Jewish proportion of the population correlates to the section of the site, "celebrating anti-semitism"
Biggest Increase in membership occurred when Obama got elected
Members seem considerably more intellectual than average person
No relationship between unemployment and SF membership
The author is shocked to find the users are mostly normal people
He leaves the article scratching his head unable to comprehend why people feel they way they do.
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