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Your Online Profile Actually Tells a Lot About You

Posted by timothy on from the explains-my-dating-life dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Despite all the media reports that your Facebook profile is giving the wrong impression, a psychological study shows people really can understand your personality from your online profile. Turns out you're not giving the wrong impression with your profile; you're giving the right impression to the wrong people. You can actually learn more about someone's Agreeableness from their online profile than from a first date."

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  1. I agree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It says you're the kind of person that has a Facebook profile.

  2. Gold star for you by i+love+pineapples · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you've figured out from my facebook page that I'm an antisocial loser with no social skills. HOLY CRAP; are you some sort of detective?

    1. Re:Gold star for you by Noland150 · · Score: 5, Funny

      So you've figured out from my facebook page that I'm an antisocial loser with no social skills.

      It was only a hunch until you posted on Slashdot as well.

  3. Re:The In-security Blanket by corbettw · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's really surprising just how much we disconnect ourselves from our many social inhibitions when communicating over the internet versus when we're actually interacting with others in public

    I know what you mean: I'm naked while typing this.

    --
    God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
  4. Re:Duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think she wants to have sex with me.

  5. Re:Hmmm by KylePflug · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's funny. I don't even have a Facebook profile. It's a rather lame thing to have. I prefer to do my 'social networking' in the real world.

    ... he wrote on Slashdot.