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- aahpandasrun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30Myers-Briggs is pretty legit. It's been around for years and backed by research. This isn't some myspace link.
- TwilightKing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Yeah, Myers-Briggs is cool. Once you know your type, find a page about type compatibility. It's so dead on it's scary.
- othersomethings, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19That described me better than I could have. Creepy. Now if only it was accompanied by a free therapist...
- Tychotesla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15I'm as anti-Astrology as anyone can be... but this isn't quite the same thing as Astrology. Astrology is absolutely unconnected to your data: on average any horoscope will fit you as well as it does anyone else.
The Myers-Briggs test is a little different, because it tries to measure things like shyness or intuitiveness (which exist), and then says: "our measurements show you here". That's not false or irrelevant data, it's just a simplification. In many cases it's an oversimplification. So yeah, you shouldn't place too much faith in it. But no, it's not the same as Astrology.
I'm INTJ, which describes my personality more than most other letter combinations do. - echoforever, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14INTJ here.
http://www.typelogic.com/ - satch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12INTPs represent!
- srikanthp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I guess my type is NSFW.
- pruppert, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I am INTP. What are you?
- PilotPrecise, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20Sorry, but there's quite a volume of well-supported and reasoned skepticism for the Meyers-Briggs model.
But whatever floats people's boats... People are comforted by personality metrics - even if they're based on faulty Jungian models - to make sense of the world, it's population, and their place in it.
Ultimately these kinds of psuedoscientific typologies appeal to the same sense of validation that convinces people their fortune cookie is a window into their soul.
"You are easily influenced by what you read and have the ability to make vague sentences somehow relevant to your own existence." - Polarbear34, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Digg me if You are ENTP (like me!).
- TheBlackNinja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I'm an INTJ and also, Myers-Briggs and I share the same birthday!
- gboodhoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9actually Jung's usage of the terms "introvert" & "extravert" is quite precise. Much more so than common usage would suggest. Before writing the man off, consider that he was not only a theoretician but an experimentalist. He didn't simply "make stuff up" cuz he liked the sound of it, its based on years of (documented) experiences and case studies. Quite frankly he was an intellectual giant and a far more rigorous and deeper thinker than is likely to be found on Digg
except me, of course ;) - ACityInOhio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Most recently, I'm an ENTJ. I took the test nearly eight years ago, and received a somewhat different type: INFJ. It's amazing what a couple years of high school and college can do to your personality--if any of you are in high school now, take it now, remember your type, and then come back many years later. You'll be surprised...
Unless, of course, you don't think any of the sixteen M-B personality types describe you. If that's the case, then you should probably get some kind of help--I'm not an expert or anything, but I'm fairly certain that if you're off the charts of the mighty M-B indicator, you are either a psychopath or a communist - user777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7INTJ - almost 100% correct
Hardcore MBPT believer. - funstuph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Myers-Briggs can be influenced by recent or current events that may be impacting your mood or behaviour. It is not unusual to see a change in one of the categories, however, a completely polar opposite across categories would be extremely a-typical and would suggest that you had completed the questionnaire under the influence of a Class-A narcotic. :)
- Robozilla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8ENTP FTW!
- Poland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Well come come now, we are large group of technology interested individuals.
What else could we possibly be? - bat-21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6A lot of INTJs here. No wonder I like digg so much.
- Soozie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6INFJ also! Alarmingly accurate.
- adolfojp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6And of course, leave it to an INTP to think of quantifying the results from a Digg thread to get pseudo scientific data.
I should know. I got the same idea and I am also an INTP. :-P - LunarOcean, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6INFP here. Good test; it's been accurate for many of my friends over the years.
- gwjc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Better description of the results here: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/jung.html
- phronko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This also isn't the Myers-Briggs. This is some shortened version. I couldn't find any information on tests of its reliability or validity. So, really, even if the Myers-Briggs categorizations are completely legit, you're probably not getting any real measure of them with this dumbed-down online test.
- bg2500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6INTP. According to this poll www.snappoll.com/view_results.php?poll_id=153402 most diggers are either INTJ or INTP. This test was on Digg a while back and I bookmarked the results of a poll that someone had setup in response to it.
Whoever posted the poll in the last thread (or if someone wants to make a new one), it would be interesting if you setup another one to see what kind of consistency there is among digg user's personality's. (My result is the same as the last time.) - tipexy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6ENTP, woot woot, 75% intuitive. A more accurate description would be "prepares nothing in advance, fortunately is a supreme ***** and is yet to be found out."
- simpleid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5intp
they should give this test to high schoolers, and base programs for learning from the results. - vuke69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Ditto.
You, me, and the other less than 1% of the population that are INTJ rock. - Macuyiko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5INTJ too here, the description seems to be correct.
- Swimming_Bird, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5nice to see that you do _good_ in school
- Scagli3tti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5INFJ. The description was frighteningly accurate (and no, after reading some of the other descriptions, it was not one of those horoscope/fortune cookie deals).
- echoforever, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"something the ladies love"
and yet lady luck doesn't seem to shine on us - ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6ENTP FTW!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5http://www.typelogic.com/intj.html Man I am great.
- Aldaron07, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I seem to end up taking it every few months and always come out as a INFJ.
- The_Lance, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4ENTJ
- MrStabby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Playful and fun-loving, the Performer' primary social interest lies in stimulating those around them, arousing their senses and their pleasureful emotions-charming them, in a sense, to cast off their concerns and "lighten up." Representing about ten per cent of the general population"
Also known as Las Vegas, Nevada.... - darkrabbi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4ENTP, that being said, a lot of those questions were poorly designed imo. However while reading one of the descriptions I came across this
"They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil's advocate. They sometimes confuse, even inadvertently hurt, those who don't understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport."
That is a very accurate description of my personality, in fact I've destroyed a few relationships with my argumentative nature. I don't argue to bicker or because I'm angry, I do it because I believe argumentative discourse is the best way to analyze/explore any given topic/opinion. - freff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I always flip between INTJ and INTP. I would say that I have some sort of Tyler Durden thing going on, except that both types just sit around and think about stuff. It's more like a Peter Parker/Bruce Banner complex. Sad, even my neuroses are geeks.
- Poland, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4iNTj, as always.
- zatrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4INFJ three!
- Uruviel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4INTJ, the scientist!
- user777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Proud to be an INTJ
- RoryQ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4ENTP!
- unruled, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4INFJ here
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm an INTJ too. I wonder what percentage of the 1% of INTJs are currently logged into Digg?
- TwistedMenta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What? Only three (now four) INFJ's here. Sweet. Just like my blood type I'm rare. :D
Mind you there were a few questions that could've gone either way. - sorrow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Heh, one of the descriptions i read said that my type makes up around 2% of the population.. i've only found one other digger this far down that is the same type;congrats, Scagli3tti we're obviously the chosen ones ;)
INFJ - confusionbliss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3INFJ . . . I guess I'm intuitive . . . I'd like to avoid making a firm self-definition about this that I can't change later, though. :P
- squirpy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3INTJ as well. We are supposedly a fairly rare breed, but there seem to be many of us on Digg. Coincidence? Probably not.....
- TeebZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So I'm the only ENFJ here?
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