Facebook ‘likes’ predict your personality

Separately, family and friends answered a 10-part questionnaire to evaluate participants on the same five personality traits.

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Using the combined data, the researchers created an algorithm to see how closely a computer could predict a respondent’s personality compared to the assessments from family and friends, said Kosinski.

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