Without explaining—the demographic is useful to know.
I think it’s good to ask the question—if the question yielded x results what would we do with that information?
For gender specifically non-binary gender is about 10x more common on lesswrong than in the American population. That’s worth knowing.
But why is it worth knowing?
For that subset of the demographic there may be use in posts on relevant topics. Just as we have higher (double) depression rates than the normal population, and a post on depression may be relevant to them.
Without explaining—the demographic is useful to know.
I think it’s good to ask the question—if the question yielded x results what would we do with that information?
For gender specifically non-binary gender is about 10x more common on lesswrong than in the American population. That’s worth knowing.
But why is it worth knowing?
For that subset of the demographic there may be use in posts on relevant topics. Just as we have higher (double) depression rates than the normal population, and a post on depression may be relevant to them.