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I was wary of this, as it felt kind of like a horoscope that could apply to anyone. At the risk of TMI, I left a cult, which was the faith of my family. Durin

I was wary of this, as it felt kind of like a horoscope that could apply to anyone. At the risk of TMI, I left a cult, which was the faith of my family. During that process, I experienced severe spite, grief, and joined religious recovery subreddits to vent, find community, and learn and struggle together with others like me. Over the years, I wasn't pleased with my tone. I was angry at my previous faith and its leaders for misleading me, and I spoke out about it. Being afraid I was giving too much information about myself on Reddit, and not wanting to get doxxed, I started a new account on Reddit 3 separate times over the years. I ran the analysis on each of the 3, and it captured the thoughts, feelings, and attitudes I had at the time accurately to a point. I'm glad they included the confidence level, because the primary analysis was freakishly spot on, while the lower rungs we're hit and miss. I'm kind of taken aback. Here, a cold, calculating machine is breaking down the progress I made as an individual. It was a pretty vulnerable experience. It could totally fake and I could be totally duped, but I don't care enough for it to matter because this rewarding feeling is worth it. Thanks OP. You took me on a journey.

tomcam 4y ago
Powerful story. You took us on a journey too
ALittleLight 4y ago
For what it's worth I looked at my reddit account and my hackernews account and they share one personality element in common. My perspective on this is that it's closer to cold reading type stuff - throw out a lot of traits, each of which applies to a lot of people, and then people will naturally find that a lot of what you've said applies to them. Maybe another way you could test it is give it a day or two until you've forgotten what this website says. Then, write down a short description of yourself at each of the three stages. Finally, check three random accounts and see how much overlap there is between the random accounts and your self-descriptions.
- fho 4y ago
  Might also be that people present themselves differently on the two platforms. HN is more about professional discussion while Reddit is more about talking about hobbies.
Pigalowda 4y ago
But did you buy the soda stream?

tomcam 4y ago

Powerful story. You took us on a journey too

ALittleLight 4y ago

For what it's worth I looked at my reddit account and my hackernews account and they share one personality element in common. My perspective on this is that it's closer to cold reading type stuff - throw out a lot of traits, each of which applies to a lot of people, and then people will naturally find that a lot of what you've said applies to them. Maybe another way you could test it is give it a day or two until you've forgotten what this website says. Then, write down a short description of yourself at each of the three stages. Finally, check three random accounts and see how much overlap there is between the random accounts and your self-descriptions.

fho 4y ago
Might also be that people present themselves differently on the two platforms. HN is more about professional discussion while Reddit is more about talking about hobbies.

Pigalowda 4y ago

But did you buy the soda stream?