Back in October I did some research amongst myers-briggs personality types. I then read an article (can’t find it know :( ) stating that naturalists are more prone to be introverts. Is that true, and how does that help you in your exploits on Inaturalist, extrovert or introvert? I myself am a INT…

Yes, I too am an INTJ for all that may mean. Perhaps introverts find Nature more appealing than most other Humans???

I think that part of what makes a conversation like this challenging is that there are so many versions of the MB approach floating around. Some of the online ones I’ve come across are so brief that they couldn’t possibly tell you anything. The official version takes a long time to plough through. …

INFP here (although I drift toward J). I’d be curious about the reasons that INFPs and INFJs use iNat compared to the reasons INTPs and INTJs do. I’d bet that INs in general are heavy users (as someone above noted, the genus IN!) but for different reasons. Myers-Briggs results are based on answers …

INTJ, I fit right in, apparently.

Just took a Myers Briggs test and also got INTJ, 100% an introvert lol

A few years ago I got my hands on one of these tests with the answer sheet, copied it out and emailed it to my friends for fun. (Corporates pay a lot to have their employees tested). I asked my friends to return their results to me. I had tested as an INTJ. 12 out of 15 of my friends also tested …

…or you have picked your friends. :wink:

That’s so weird although I do think it’s kind of like astrology… But I am an intj as well. I am relieved however to meet others like me even if it’s just virtually…

Thanks for starting this interesting thread! INTP drifting into INFP territory as I get older, agree that personality preferences can change over time and situation. The idea that an inclination to categorize things is part of one’s interest in iNaturalist interesting I think. Also the roller coast…

Just one really boring way to be completely, blandly normal; so many wonderful ways to veer off from the norm. Always much more rewarding to be with those “outliers” on the great scatterplot of personalities.

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silaseckhardt January 10, 2024, 10:49pm 65

Personally, I find that I don’t match any personality tbh. Honestly, I waffle between introvert and extrovert depending on the day. I haven’t so far had it directly affect my iNat career.

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