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In the study, observers rated the [Facebook] profiles of people they did not know. These ratings were then compared to the profile owners’ actual personality and their ideal-personality. Personality impressions based on online social network profiles were accurate and were not affected by profile owners’ self-idealization.
Accuracy was strongest for extraversion — paralleling results of face-to-face encounters — and lowest for neuroticism. Those findings were consistent with previous research showing that neuroticism is difficult to detect without being in person
Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research
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