LANGUAGE AND PERSONALITY

Or as this study puts it: The Language OF personality.

If you didn't want to click through, this is an old study (I remember posting about it on facebook a few years ago), that created word clouds based on personality traits using data gleaned from social media sites.

It's a curious thing. I tried to go through this list of clouds and see what I would be classified as based on my own language on facebook (just because that's the account that I've had the longest):

I most strongly correlate with the introverted (left) and openness (below right). Interestingly I used more 'introverted words' when I was younger and more 'open words' now.

Agreeableness seems to be synonymous with religion. I think less conscientious people are basically teenagers. Less neurotic people talk about volleyball at lot?

People who mention anime are more likely to be introverted, less contentious and neurotic. I'm guessing that these people are also teenagers who think  everyone else would feel depressed all the time too if they could just see the way the world was. Thankfully I think everyone grows out of it (personal experience) although it takes some more time than others.

Finally, based on my disinterest in sharing my feelings online and preferring nouns I'm probably male.