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How do you spot the Facebook narcissist?

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:54 PM EDT

Article Source: msnbc.com

technology, internet, facebook, psychology, myspace, social-network

Facebook profiles can tell you more than just peoples' birthdays and what movies they like — they can reveal the self-adoring, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the University of Georgia gave personality questionnaires to nearly 130 Facebook users and analyzed the content of their online profiles. They also had untrained observers look at the profiles and rate how narcissistic, or excessively egotistical, the owners of the profiles were.

msnbc.com wants to know what you think. Can you spot a Facebook narcissist when you see his or her profile? What are the telling signs? And what's the worst case of Facebook narcissism you've ever seen?

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{"commentId":3151764,"authorDomain":"ducksinthewind"}

ducksinthewind

what used to be called head shots or glamour shots now come out of any dime digicam. Facespaces are loaded with the culled shots, taken in the privacy of a locked room, always chosen for how darn good they make you look. heavy makeup, sultry looks, a veil of hair, and cropped to right ABOVE the train wreck. ok, so it took 1000 tries to get what you post, but that power is now in hand.

anyone who thinks this represents the real life appearance deserves to have some real shocks when they meet.

i would guess the more makeup, the closer the camera. and the more tragic the expression, the greater chance this is a narcissist's version of self revelation.

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1 vote

#1 - Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:43 PM EDT

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pujolsLVR

Let's see well I have a friend who has an entire album of pictures of her headshots. Lowcut shirts with her nasty cleavage hanging out. She uses those snarling lip poses. It's pretty self-centered when she takes full body shots of herself in the mirror.

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1 vote

#2 - Sat Oct 4, 2008 5:15 PM EDT

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ilove95037

Geez, with friends like you, who needs enemies??

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#2.1 - Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:50 AM EST

{"commentId":3390269,"authorDomain":"ponnygurl"}

pinky6

oh obviously, facebook is THE ULTIMATE tool for narcissists, it allows them to show everybody and their neighbors their pictures, what they're thinking that day, and where they've been... no more carrying around a photo album to show JUST your friends, no, now the whole world can see them. i can only imagine how famous all the people who love to show off feel. i bet it's great. me though? i find it all a bit creepy... mind i do love facebook, but i keep myself on the down-low...

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1 vote

#3 - Wed Oct 8, 2008 7:41 PM EDT

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ytimynona

Well, I'd imagine facebook narcissists are the people whose "about me" sections read like a novel, whose pictures look like professional headshots (and sometimes are!), who are always checking their profile (to see who else is interested them), and who tend to invite people to applications much more often... shoving their name in people's faces...

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#4 - Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:48 PM EDT

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michael donovan-636730

The main reason I began using Facebook is to re-connect with friends from my past. So naturally, I want all my buds from high school to know what I've been up to over the past 20 years, how my life and interests have evolved. And I try to post a variety of pictures both from my past and present (and trust me, they are not that flattering!). I did make myself a cheesy beefcake profile picture, but it was all in fun. And I will post comments to other people's pictures or comments because THAT IS HOW I REMAIN CONNECTED WITH THEM! If I ignore them, what reason do they have to want to keep in tough with me? Just my opinion.

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#5 - Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:15 PM EDT

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