What Your Facebook Activity Says About You
Facebook: Be careful what you Like
In a mass study into 58,000 Facebook users in the US, researchers apparently found that highly personal characteristics can be accurately inferred from information on your public profile. Or in Facebook terms, what you click 'Like' on. The researchers were able to discern Facebook user's 'Race, IQ, sexuality, substance use, personality or political views' simply by tracking their activity on their personal page.
Here are some of the things people clicked 'Like' on that revealed highly sensitive personality traits:
High IQ
The Godfather
Lord of the Rings
The Daily Show
Low IQ
Harley Davidson
I Love Being A Mom
Tyler Perry
Emotional stability – neurotic
Emo
Dot Dot Curve
So So Happy
Emotional stability – calm and relaxed
Business administration
Climbing
Getting Money
Homosexual males
Wicked the Musical
No H8 Campaign
Human Rights Campaign
Homosexual Females
Not Being Pregnant
The L Word
Sometimes I Just Lay In Bed and Think About Life
Parents separated at 21
I'm Sorry I Love You
Never Apologize For What You Feel
It's Like Saying Sorry For Being Real
When Ur Single, All U See Is Happy Couples N Wen Ur In A Relationship All U See Is Happy Singles
Parents did not separate at 21
Apples To Apples: The Helen Keller Card
Gene Wilder
Making Dirty Innuendos Out Of Perfectly Innocent Things
