Blogalyzer results
On the whole, the woman blogging contingent came in much more “E” than “I” in their blogs. In fact, an overwhelming number of the blogs tested out as ESFP–”The Performer”, which I find very interesting. Anyway, some of the ladies said that it was “spot on” or close, whereas the rest were typically INTP/INFP/ENFP.
Susie suggests that the very act of blogging lends itself to the “ES” type, and Becca suggests the same, then goes on to suggest that the Typealyzer is actually just throwing random results.
I don’t think it’s random, because when I go off to ScienceBlogs and check out the science bloggers who ran the Typealyzer, there were an overwhelming number of “IN” or “IS” blog types.
Which leads me to think that the Typealyzer actually is looking at two things: vocabulary (splitting it into “thinking” versus “feeling” words, “extroverted” versus “introverted” vocabularies, and length of words) and verb tense (active tense=more ES, passive tense=more IN/IS). I’d be very interested to actually see their algorithm.
It seems that the people who responded to me are typically using their blogs to talk about family things, “emotional” things, living life, whereas the folks who do science blogging are typically using their blogs to talk about science or politics.
One thing I personally do in my blog that may have an influence is regularly use active verb tense, and use short, choppy words.
All in all, a very interesting experiment. Here are the results from my commenters:
| Name | Blog | Blog “Type” | Testing “Type” |
| Susie | Raspberry World | ESFP | INFP/ENFP |
| Kaz | From Weeds to Seeds | ESFP | Unknown, but likely similar |
| Johnny | It’s Come Down to This | ISTP | |
| Kate | Escaping Suburbia | ESFP | INTP/INFP |
| Lauri | Ukraine Adventure | ESFP | accurate |
| Spacemom | The Further Adventures of Spacemom | ESFP | not accurate |
| youknowwhereyouarewith | You Know Where You Are With | ISTP | |
| Singing Bird | ESFP | ||
| Poetry blog | Claims it’s in Thai | ||
| Sara | The Sullivan Family News | ESFP | accurate |
| Becca | New blog | ESFP | INTP |
| Old blog | INTP | INTP | |
| Lisa | ESFP | INFP/ENFP | |
| Shelley | I Miss My Sanity | ESFP | INFJ |
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