Are you what you Tweet? OPF releases Twitter experiment results The Online Privacy Foundation (OPF) encourages people to get online and consider all the great things social networking sites could do for them. But the evidence is growing that we need to think harder about how we best share personal ...
Read MoreThe OPF view on Fox News and other recent press coverage of our Twitter research
At OPF we are keen that the media picks up and stimulates public debate about online privacy issues. Encouragingly, we have seen a number of press articles picking up on the buzz around our latest experiment and the first public discussion of the results at DEFCON on Sunday 29 July titled ...
Read MoreSo, can Twitter really help expose psychopath killers’ traits?
On Sunday 29 July, we will be sharing the results of our Twitter research in a talk at DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker conference, held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although it’s termed a hacker conference, it attracts speakers and thinkers from a wide range of backgrounds, including respected ...
Read MoreThe Economics of online privacy? The benefits of being at least a bit concerned about online privacy issues
I recently handed my OPF business card to a friend. It was handed back to me later in the evening with the words ‘Online Privacy Foundation’ crossed-out; they had been replaced by ‘ paranoid scare-mongers inc’. I always knew we faced an uphill struggle. Engaging society in a rational debate ...
Read MoreWhat do you think gives clues to someone’s personality on Twitter?
Does Tweeting about the Oscars mean you’re a little bit ditsy? Does an obsession with perfect spelling make you a bit of a party pooper? With over 3,000 participants ( 3,011 as of writing this) in our Twitter Big 5 research, those are the kind of questions that we’re now ...
Read MoreDonuts and the US Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
Much earlier today we spoke with Eve Troeh from Marketplace.org (American Public Media) about the Obama Administrations proposals for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. Here’s the brief discussion. Or go directly to the Marketplace podcast here. At glance, the US Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights covers: Individual Control: Consumers ...
Read MoreA thank you to Tony Hawk and his fans…
Another incredible response from a simple Tweet, so here’s a big thank you to everyone who’s taken part in our study so far. If you haven’t take part, and you use Twitter, check it out at www.bigfive.me … The story so far In late January we launched a follow-on experiment ...
Read MoreThe Big Five Experiment on BBC Radio 5’s Outriders Podcast
Our Facebook Big Five personality research and our current, Twitter based study (www.bigfive.me) were recently featured on BBC Radio 5’s Outriders Podcast, with Jamillah Knowles talking to Chris Sumner. You can download the Podcast here , our interview is in the first segment. The Podcast is a 10MB download and a direct ...
Read MoreA thank you to Stephen Fry and everyone who’s taken part…
Wow… what an amazing response to a simple Tweet, so here’s a big thank you. Here’s the story Late last week we launched a follow-on experiment to our 2011 Facebook Big Five Experiment, focusing instead on what Twitter activity might reveal about someone’s personality. We’d had a steady trickle of ...
Read MoreJust how accurate is Facebook personality prediction?
We recently published a Press Release regarding the results of our Facebook personality study, ‘The Big 5 Experiment’. This post provides some further insight into those results. When we set out on the project we asked two simple questions. 1) Can you determine personality and privacy concerns purely from ...
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