Online identification reveals the character of the person
April 30, 2008
Researchers at the University of Leipzig in Germany carried out a study and found that in one liner email address may unfold your character of the creator of the unique online identification.
In their study, the researchers asked a panel of 100 students to guess the personalities of 600 adults simply by looking at their email addresses. The panel’s guesses were more or less exact with respect to qualities like openness, conscientiousness and narcissism.
According to lead researcher Mitja Back even the thinnest slice of communication via the worldwide web-the mere email address- contains valid information about the personality of its owner. The researcher’s findings showed that addresses that gave away personality were often comprised of full stops, numbers or a name that was obviously not genuine. Level of accuracy was measured using lens model analysis.
So do think twice before you pick an email address as it speaks volumes about your character.
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