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Re: Online News Association Conference: Paper Apocalypse 2014

PurpleCar — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 18:06:18 -0000

Slowly but surely, let's hope. I'll take slowly rather than not at all...

Re: Online News Association Conference: Paper Apocalypse 2014

waddlesplash — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 16:54:40 -0000

It's kind of a shame that the list of "Who Uses This" on Sourcefabric is mostly European newspapers. Projects like that really are the future of journalism.

A shame there isn't similar software for governments...

Re: Love in the time of SHiYA

PurpleCar — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:13:43 -0000

i saw what u did thar

Re: Love in the time of SHiYA

Scott Nelson — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:09:21 -0000

I definitely agree. So much so that I would share this, if it wouldn't contribute to the problem

Re: Myers-Briggs=Horoscope

PurpleCar — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:24:08 -0000

Validation bias works like this: A supposed authority tells you random traits. They tell you these traits are associated with you. You adopt this as fact, and focus on those traits in you as dominant and identifying, even if the traits seemed less prominent in your personality prior to this interaction. So yes, it applies as soon as you get your MBTI results. It also applies when you are getting your palm read or you're reading your fortune cookie insert, or looking up your horoscope or "what your name says about you" sites.

The real fact is that anyone can display any trait at any time. You have habits, of course, but even those are constantly changing and influenced by our environments and pliable world views. If the MBTI says you're a procrastinator, that doesn't mean you are. No-one *IS* a procrastinator. People procrastinate, but that doesn't mean it isn't a changeable behavior.

Tests like the MBTI are dangerous in that they limit people. They are dangerous in the same way an evil fortune-teller is. What if a fortune-teller told you your family was going to die? What if you believed it? Your behavior would most certainly change. The same goes with MBTI and validation bias. If you think, "Oh, I'm a Feeling person and I can't possibly be coldhearted, so taking this candy from this baby is really OK," then we're in dangerous waters.

If you'd like to go deeper into self-examination, I suggest daily journaling. Like all things, good things only come with work. A few hours' spent on a test is a false promise of a quick-fix for a deeper issue.

Re: Myers-Briggs=Horoscope

Mike Fox — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:56:21 -0000

This is very interesting Christine. A company I used to work for used to do MBTI testing for managers as a way to help them interact with their teams. It is pretty funny that it didn't really mean anything! I was never tested but at the time I kind of wanted to be. Good post.

Re: Myers-Briggs=Horoscope

robusdin — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:07:05 -0000

I meant this IS something I need to look into more! Darnit.

Re: Myers-Briggs=Horoscope

robusdin — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:13:55 -0000

I appreciate your turning this on its head for me. That's not sarcastic, I really do like that you've pointed this out. As someone who isn't a psychologist and thus hasn't researched Jung, this is not something I need to look into more. When I have time.

My only question is this - does the validation bias apply the first time you take the questionnaire? It seems like if you know nothing of any of the types and take it - it may be accurate. Once your incorporate the type into the way you view yourself - I totally see validation bias being part of the equation - as you're more likely to answer to direct your type back to what you got the first time to reinforce your own view of yourself.

Re: Myers-Briggs=Horoscope

PurpleCar — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:07:53 -0000

I understand that it seems accurate enough. But that's a common validation bias (subjective validation) that works the same way with horoscopes. Lots of research indicates that the MBTI is garbage for personality assessment. It makes sense that it is, it's based on Jung's research-less kookiness. Garbage in, garbage out, as they say. More on subjective validation - the process behind horoscopes seeming "so real!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

Re: Myers-Briggs=Horoscope

robusdin — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:52:17 -0000

I don't know if I'd go so far as to call MBTI typing about as accurate as a horoscope.At least it ASKS questions in an attempt to pigeonhole you into a type instead of just using your birthdate and the positions of the stars in the universe. I've taken it a number of times and while I always end up with the same result, I find that it's close but not completely true in its description. However, it can certainly assist people in getting to know themselves better - highlighting strengths and weaknesses and tendencies IS a good thing for exploring oneself.

I wouldn't use it as the only gauge of personality strengths and weaknesses - especially in business - but it's a decent jumping off point.

Re: Newsroomers, mainframers, and the missing hashtag life

PurpleCar — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:35:12 -0000

oh. oops. I wish I'd known the "off the record" tradition of the space. That being said, though, Mac, I have found a lack of social tool use amongst journalists, especially the traditional ones. It's a cultural issue, surely, and the debate around it continues.

Re: How the #IceBucketChallenge can harm ALSA

Khürt L. Williams — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:24:01 -0000

I insisted on my kids researching ALS before doing the stupid challenge. I also made them donate $10 and they had to mention ALS and why they were doing it in their video on Facebook.

Otheriwse this is a STUPID campaign.

Re: How the #IceBucketChallenge can harm ALSA

robusdin — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:19:54 -0000

"Teen paralyzed in ALSA ice bucket challenge - more at 11" is NOT something they want coming out of our TVs. All the goodwill and fun they have allegedly created will be erased as the media turns on them like rabid dogs on a squirrel. I hope they step up and proactively call for an end to it.

Re: What to do when someone corrects your grammar

Candy — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:04:33 -0000

But, it is not only adults who do it, and you speak of something that doesn't exist.

Re: What to do when someone corrects your grammar

PurpleCar — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:30:15 -0000

We aren't speaking about kids in a classroom with their teacher. We meant to discuss adults correcting other adults.

Re: What to do when someone corrects your grammar

Candy — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:35:59 -0000

So does that mean teachers are so called "Grammar Bullies"? They correct your grammar all the time as they should, its constructive criticism not bullying.

Re: Vetri’s latest rant

Mike_S_Htown — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:24:58 -0000

Oh well. Guess we won't go here for lunch next time. I passed it a couple of weeks ago, and it looked interesting! http://pizzeriavetri.com/menu/

:-)

Re: What to do when someone corrects your grammar

PurpleCar — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:53:44 -0000

Excellent advice.

Re: What to do when someone corrects your grammar

Cathy — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:46:51 -0000

Someone told me once you should only correct another's grammar if you are their mother or their English teacher.

Re: Facebook’s experiment is an assault

nicos — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 11:49:10 -0000

so? its not new that we are guinea pigs to social networks.

Re: What to do when someone corrects your grammar

Spoutinwyze — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:40:46 -0000

Further to my last, how about the suggestion to "combat" these evil bullies...
"Thank You for that correction", as if they mentioned you had food on your face, you might reply with the same, "thank you for letting me know". they didn't intend to offend you as no rational person would, and you have no need to feel offended or react as such.

Re: What to do when someone corrects your grammar

Spoutinwyze — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:37:02 -0000

The writer of this article is clearly the person with insecurities in one's self worth. Learning is continual and to be mad that your short comings were pointed out is short-sighted and childish. If you have food on your face you would also like to walk around looking like a fool I assume. I'm sick with everyone getting mad at grammar guardians these days. I could elaborate but I'm 100% certain it would fall on deaf ears. To suggest enlisting someone on a spam list says it all, and to then follow with "just kidding" is the EXACT usage the writer submits as false claims. What a contradiction! Your word is taken at face value, of nothing.

Re: Saying No… to Myself: A GenXer with a Dream

PurpleCar — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:45:33 -0000

I am feeling a bit better since I posted this. I'm working on an op-ed I hope gets accepted somewhere. Still, it isn't what one would call "personal" work. I think I'm just going to have to give up writing publicly about personal things.

Re: Saying No… to Myself: A GenXer with a Dream

Julie Hancher — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:04:46 -0000

I have heard you haven't made it until you have a few haters online. :-) But agreed. Or if you start writing for bigger blogs, you could try to go under a pen name for the more intimate posts?

This is something I struggle with as well, though...

Re: Saying No… to Myself: A GenXer with a Dream

PurpleCar — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:45:42 -0000

Thanks, anon! Yes, no one can push me anywhere but the Fates, and even they have only temporary influence (Death on the other hand...). Writers are basically lonely people until they've written and published quite a bit. I just don't know if it is a good way to spend my time. Honestly, I'm afraid it'll be a mistake in the end and I will have wasted the last of my good earning years. It's a practical decision as well as a dreamy one.