[SkyPuncher]

This is extremely interesting! Thank you for sharing.

I haven't taken a Myer Briggs in a while, so I can't remember what "I am".

I'm curious how my Reddit persona compares to an actual test. I know for a fact that I have a different personality on Reddit than I do in other conversations. Over the years, I've "figured out" a Reddit (and Hacker News) communication style that trends towards populist (i.e. tending to receive upvotes). I'll also jump straight to conclusions on Reddit - especially if I know they're "hivemind" opinions.

In real life, I have a much different approach to most communication - which I'd expect to reflect differently in a personality test.

[gmadsen]

You are more contrarian in real life, versus an anonymous message board? That seems unusual.

[radlad]

I'm not sure that's what they meant - any group of people shares certain beliefs and values, and those beliefs differ from another group's. Values and beliefs influence our communication style as well.

Further, on an anonymous discussion board, the risks of things like "jumping to conclusions" [not what I would call "less contrarian"] are much lower than in real life, where your reputation as a human is on the line.

[blaser-waffle]

Real life has consequences.

Anonymous message boards have points, gotta post what people want to hear for upvotes that give that self-validating dopamine hit when you check your score and it's higher than ever.