Saturday, January 17, 2009

Myers-Briggs personality type of ultimate bloggers

Found this on RSD.

Apparently this thing can calculate what Myers-Briggs personality type a writer is by analysing their blog. So I ran a some of my colleagues' work through it...

Ballarat Ultimate (me), SIF (Tiger & Semfel), Canberra Ultimate Blog (Bags & Twat), This Things I Believe (Rueben), Brisbane Ultimate Blog (JdR & Wetnose) - ESTP (The Doers)
"The active and playful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities. The Doers are happiest with action-filled work which craves their full attention and focus. They might be very impulsive and more keen on starting something new than following it through. They might have a problem with sitting still or remaining inactive for any period of time."

Thinkulti (O-Shep) - ISTP (The Mechanics)
"The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts. The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters."


First off...I ran all of them through three times to make sure it wasn't some randomiser. I've done the test a few times for different things and I've often come up as ESTP but sometimes ENTJ, ENTP or ESTJ depending on the test (I seem to be very borderline S/N and P/J, but strongly oriented towards E and T). Try it for yourself here. I reckon this says something about the personality types of our bloggers being quite similar.

But I've often had a few thoughts about how it takes a certain personality type to be an ultimate player. They need to be quite trusting and open to be able to self-referee and handle the necessity to rationally communicate with an opponent about it. And for the same reason I think they need some selflessness and patience about them to be able to handle playing alongside new players and welcome them to the game.

It would be interesting to hear from someone who has more qualifications than me (a credit grade in HP501 Introductory Psychology) about this.

1 comment:

Owen said...

Just what I always thought: I am unique snowflake amidst a sea of cloned bloggers... :)

These personality "tests" have usually given me INTJ.