Online vs IRL Personality Typing Errors

Personally I don't know. I am pretty similar both online and off. I couldn't keep up any level of faking, it simply wouldn't be sustainable or healthy for me.

However, with text it is very easy to misread the intent or even the context in which someone says something. Anyone that has observed me in tinychat over a period probably has a much better grasp of my personality.

Maybe people observe me as MUCH more forceful in these forums than I actually am. I mean, I will argue a point, and I might even take things out of context, but I don't mean harm on anyone, it is more about getting to the bottom of things. It is much different in a verbal discussion, especially on webcam. However, I am not as good at collecting my thoughts in a verbal discussion. Too fast paced for me!

 

I'm highly dynamic in real life (Eh, the colloquial term would be that I'm a moody girl) but generally online I can come off as a superbly strong thinker or a weak feeler. Once I reveal my personality type (as of now) people tend to think that I'm an unfeeling bastard (Actually, it's quite funny. When I used to think I was an infj, people thought I had repressed empathy but when I changed my type to INTJ, people just thought I was a unemotional ass. On this very forum) Typically, when I'm actually on tinychat cam, I seem like an really energetic intj. My personality thread on the forum ranges from INtj, INTP, ENTP, INFJ, and other types.

It's hard to type someone online, you can get a 'good' guess if that person is acting naturally but even still you'll probably only see an extroverted function and depending on the forum's bias, that could be anything from Te, Se, Ne, or Fe.

Addendum: Eh..This really isn't a good post, I'm just not sure where to go with the post atm.

 

How can we know? If I am not aware of me projecting myself differently from what I intend, then very few people actually make me aware of that or even know that is the case. Usually only through conflict do you find out that there was a misinterpretation somewhere. I try to be as verbose as possible to make my intentions and demeanor make sense.

I actually really enjoy analysis such as that, but people think of it as self-centered. In all actuality I am simply the only mind I have insight into and I thoroughly enjoy understanding how others perceive me not to boost the ego, but rather to see the cause and effect of certain actions.

As for me judging others improperly based on a limited frame of reference, yea, that happens all the time. A lot of people judge me based on limited frame of reference too, but that is because I am too shy/modest to reveal a lot to those I don't know particularly well.

Am I still missing the question?

 

I have a hard time distinguishing different personalities period, the only people I can type easily are ISTJs, INFJs and ENFPs. MY big fault is usualy distinguishing between N and S by themselves. Ususaly I can see and NF or a St easily, but NTs and SFs are kinda hard for me.

As for that I try not to stereotype people on campus as we have a wide variety of each type, we have ISTJs with no F and an ISTJ with a strong F the same goes for other types and other functions.

I'll admit though that I have read posts online and found them a bit odd, looked at the persons type and said "oh... I see, there not an INFJ". Not a good thing to do but I've done it none the less.

as for me on and offline, I'm pretty much the same

 

I dunno, real Ti is not negative, it is neutral. Perhaps people simply don't like people digging though. I suppose I can think of a few situations where I didn't want people questioning my every decision/motive. Though, sometimes I can say something without really any intent to hurt, and it gets taken completely the wrong way. I have gotten pretty damn good at avoiding that though.

Usually I am pretty interested in neutral analytical discussions.

I think neutral is so much better a description of Ti than objective. Objective seems to have a negative connotation to me. Maybe people take it out of context.

 

Yea, that sort of plays into the whole Fe is positive and Ti is negative connotation.

Now, Fe can create obvious bias towards people that would limit Ti's ability to interact, but then again, who ever said Ti had to be expressed?

I don't see any reason why someone couldn't have healthy Fe combined with Ti. However, I would think in a natural state the Ti dominant would need time to recharge from an overabundance of Fe.

 

so we confuse who people are in the real world based on how they act online? and we misunderstand who they are online or in real life based on what their personality type says about them? if that's what you're saying, then I agree with you, the personality types -all of them- are generalizations at best and would not be able to completely describe how a person really is, whether offline or on. and also, sometimes people act really differently online compared to how they are offline, the real world is a totally different environment to the online world, and therefore people wouldn't respond to stimuli in the same way. for example, if you heard about a person getting into a drunk driving accident in the real world, you might respectfully offer your condolences, because that would be the polite thing to do. however, on the internet, you might voice your real opinions, which are that he was a fool for driving drunk. alternatively, your suppressed sympathy for him might be fully expressed on the internet, making people perhaps inaccurately believe you are more outwardly sympathetic to others than you are in real life. I think there are many different pressures present in the real world that condition us to act a certain way, that online are different or completely absent.

 

Interesting question. My conversation and writing styles are totally different. I wouldn't know how to write the way I speak. I don't know what effect that has. My writing is a mix of my poor grammar and spelling combined with too many years of formal papers. In conversation and real life I'm usually telling jokes and asking people questions.

 

lol sorry but i've gotta ask, why? completely objective analysis could be a very useful thing, especially in industries such as science & technology even psychology as a discipline discounts the importance of Fe when trying to understand the mind

 

in every context? i'd disagree with that. not every situation involves communicating with people, just like not every situation requires objective thinking. there are pockets of experience which end up being more productive if only one or the other is utilized! i agree overall though, when you're considering the whole of a person's life, then yes you'd need a moderation of this and that, and an individual devoid of either would not be a very happy monkey

 

How exactly does psychology discount the importance of Fe? And completely objectivity, while being technically impossible, doesn't seem to be effective in most situations. I'd assume that we have four main functions (from primary to inferior) for that very reason, it's hard to live by using only one or two functions.