The FetLife Demographics user script collates demographic information about a user’s friends or profiles that have RSVP’ed “yes” to a FetLife.com event, and displays totals based on groupings of age, sex, and role. This is a helpful metric in quickly determining whether a user is an objectifying troll (e.g., if they list themselves as a “male dom” and their friend list is overwhelmingly “female sub” profiles, ask yourself why this is so), as well as providing an at-a-glance overview of who may be participating in an event.
System requirements
The following software must be installed on your system before installing the FetLife Demographics user script.
Mozilla Firefox
If you use the Mozilla Firefox web browser (version 12.0 or higher), ensure you have the Greasemonkey extension installed (at version 1.0 or higher).
Google Chrome
If you use the Google Chrome web browser (version 23 or higher), ensure you have the Tampermonkey extension installed.
Installing
To install FetLife Demographics, go to http://maybemaimed.com/playground/fetlife-demographics/ and click the “Download and install” near the middle of the page:
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If maybemaimed.com is censored where you are, you can alternatively go to the Userscripts.org page for FetLife Demographics and click on “Install“. If the script is also unavailable at Userscripts.org, you can download and install it directly from GitHub.com.
Using
To use FetLife Demographics, log in to your FetLife.com account and browse to a user profile or an event listed on FetLife.com.
Above the list of a user’s friends, or under the list of user profiles who are “Going” to the event, a “Demographics” line will automatically begin collating information about all the relevant users, as shown in the screenshot below:
Once all RSVP’s have been collated, a demographic breakdown will be listed:
To view specific users listed under certain demographic categories, click the “show” button:
Frequently Asked Questions
Before you report a new issue with FetLife Demographics, please check to ensure your question is not already addressed in the list below.
Can I search for a user by demographic category?
Yes, but you’ll need to install the FetLife Age/Sex/Location Search script to do so.
Change log
- Version 0.2.1:
** Added support for Google Chrome with the Tampermonkey extension installed. - Version 0.2:
** Tally demographics in user friends lists. - Version 0.1:
** Initial release.
by Sparr
05 Feb 2013 at 10:16
It would be nice if the demographic loading could be made optional, perhaps put a “click here to load demographics” placeholder in the same spot? I feel bad for the fetlife web servers when this script loads 40+ pages of friends every time I visit my own profile, which I’ve added as an exclusion to the script now, but the same goes for when I’m browsing randomly and not looking for demographic data.