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Hardbutt -> RE: Myers-Briggs personality types (1/4/2009 7:56:32 AM)
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Sometime a persons M-B test results can change depending on external influences. A person can score more I or more E with changes in life situations, such as after a divorce becoming more introverted while recovering. Other parts of the test may not be designed for certain careers types - I am a graduate of Architecture and my professors would be proud to know that I score almost neutral in Thinking vs. Feeling, essentially zero bias to either tendency (switch easily from artist to engineer as needed). A test is just one way to measure some things, it may not be the best way to measure all things.
How telling is this summary by sadomasokisti! (thanks for compiling the results and saving me a long read) ----
Almost 2 out of 3 CM forums contributors (63%) are Introverts!! And most are intuitive rather than sensory? Hmmm! Perhaps not the best group to be trying to meet in real life? I think this result should be repeated to all posters asking if CM and other sites "really work" for meeting people. It could suggest that the forums are not the place to be if you want real friends, but hopefully it does not reflect the rest of the site users.
Could this be the reason that many people have given up on Alt and Bondage... why pay to be verbally abused by self-appointed experts who you will never meet? The forums were the reason I left those sites, very hostile to those outside the particular interests of that year's bumper crop of frequent posters. A person who's standard answer is to "use the search function, this has been discussed a hundred times" wants neither new contributors or new ideas on "their" site. This is not something unique to BDSM sites, I have contributed much specific research in answer to questions by posters on technical forums with similar results. A few appreciate and the rest belittle. WOW!!!
On B.com, about four or five years ago, the regulars were on a HNG hunt (Horny Net Geek). They loved to label those who did not fit their mold, myself included. But how can someone with 8000 posts accuse someone with 80 of being an internet geek? LOL! I may have had only 80 posts but I have a 30 year old pair of handcuffs, which don't collect dust.
After this thread, I resolve for 2009 that I will spend time mainly on each OP and less on the responders. Thanks again, sadomasokisti for taking the time to summarize the responses. As of today I will also limit reading the forums of my local newspaper, it is full of the same opinionated complainers who never take action to make change, never show up at a city council meeting or write their congressman. Yesterday someone called out the complainers the same way, my open eyes see that this could be a real phenomenon common to web forums. Clearly, I need to reconsider how I spend my social hours.
This has been the most useful social forum thread I've read in years, thank you Ph0enixF1re for asking this question! I'll be asking this question on some other forums!
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