Step 1: What it is

Ferretly’s personality insights use the OCEAN (Big Five) model to estimate a profile of personality-related traits from a subject’s public social media post text.

Trait

Common focus

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Openness

Creativity and curiosity

Conscientiousness

Organization and dependability

Extraversion

Sociability and energy

Agreeableness

Cooperation and kindness

Neuroticism

Emotional stability / stress-related signals in language

Implementation is inspired by peer-reviewed research on personality and social media behavior (for example Stoughton, Thompson, and Meade (2013)).

How scores are produced

Ferretly analyzes publicly available post text with natural language processing and a model trained to associate linguistic patterns and posting behaviors with OCEAN traits. Results appear as percentages per trait (for example 75% Openness as a relatively high estimated level).

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