Although the haphazard methodology and tiny sample size don't allow for any authoritative conclusions, the higher extroversion scores for avatars were fairly significant and consistent as visualized by the chart below.
If real research were done through this modality, it would be interesting to see difference between sub-categories of participants. For instance:
- Subcultures such as Furries vs. Extropians (are there any furry Extropians?)
- Casual users vs. those who spend 20+ or 40+ hours per week
- Business users vs. personal users
- Human gender including same-sex and cross-sex avatars
This is quite fascinating. The results seem to jive with my impressions of my avatar's habits. I suspect another category of investigation might be to compare results between those who try to make their avatar as close to their RL counterpart as possible, versus those who depart widely (e.g. different hair, body, sex or species!)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Arminas. It would be interesting to see how much those who try to reflect their FL personas might actually differ here, and likewise to what extent those of us who split apart actually stay close to their FL mannerisms.
ReplyDeleteFurry Extropians, eh? Do nekos consider themselves furry? If not, which may be the case, then no, none yet. We do have mermaids in the citizenry, though! :)
It might be intersting to see if there are differences by other RL demographic variables -- e.g. age, country of residence/origin, education, etc.
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