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A fellow Blog Catalog member came up with an idea on the Blog Catalog Discussion forum that culminated in many members taking the test and sharing their test results.

This is a list that I have compiled of various blogs that are catagorized by the personality of the blogger using the Myers-Briggs typology test. Imagine, finding the blog of another person that shares a similar (or maybe even the same) personality type as you.

I started a Discussion thread on Blog Catalog because I was curious to see what the personality traits of bloggers are. I wanted to know if there is a dominant type of person who fills the pages of the blogosphere with anything from personal journals to information rich SEO blogs.

The Myers Briggs model of personality is based on four preferences (E or I, S or N, T or F and J or P). You combine the preferences to give your Myers Briggs personality type. Eg: having preferences for E and S and T and J gives a personality type of ESTJ. There are sixteen Myers Briggs personality types ( See: Blogs Listed by Myers-Briggs Typology).

Myers Briggs Personality Type is based on 4 preferences

1. Where, primarily, do you prefer to direct your energy?
2. How do you prefer to process information?
3. How do you prefer to make decisions?
4. How do you prefer to organize your life?

The Myers-Briggs typology test link.

INFJ is my personality type. Only one percent of the population has an INFJ Personality Type, making it the most rare of all the types.

I’m a member of Blog Catalog and awhile ago I came up with a notion that I shared with other members.

The day I decided to delete a successful blog was a defining moment in blogging for me. Getting my first domain was one too. I think we have all had defining moments but if not then why not make one up and blog it. We all appreciate reading entertaining stories so if you don’t have a post to link to now you could write one. Then I could mesh them together into a post and spread the link love around.

Main Entry: defining moment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: very crucial moment
Synonyms: climax, critical moment, crunch, decisive moment, loaded moment, moment of truth, point of no return, turning point

Have you experienced a “defining moment” in your blogging or even more than one? If so have you blogged about it? (* Please provide a link to the post if you have blogged on this.)

Here are the results:
Sulz : “i’m not sure if i hit blogging nirvana or any real blogging achievement of sorts, but it was a pretty big deal to have gotten my free css upgrade from wp.com, since i love to dress my blog up. and i also feel very happy that i have regular readers and commenters who interact with me, because i like making friends despite my shyness. yeah, i think the little things count more to me - to have my readers like what i write and become friends in the process. (oh, the times i got links from big blogs like engtech’s internet duct tape were a nice blogging trip for me!)

Shirley: I have had more than one defining moment. When I wrote for riverstyxxx I knew there was no going back. I felt it was worth it if it would help someone else. I ran a contest for my new logo provided by bsilvia graphics-illustrations.com/ in exchange for a link to all 3 of my sites. and then, without asking, someone left a message on my blog that they would like to redo my page for free! This person isn’t a BC member I guess they just dropped into my site. I didn’t write about it but the new set up is at proofpositivity.blogspot.com and this is the site in which the designer came from roarkdesignstudio.blogspot.com/

Jenn : I think one of the more defining moments for me was realizing a platform I was using was just never going to work properly, and I had better make the serious effort and move all of my 90-some posts to a new locale.

It ended up being a wonderful decision because it’s a much better user-experience now, but it was a lot of work.

Of course, I realized that every bit of the effort I put into this is worth it. I wouldn’t trade the sense of community and the ability to communicate that blogging has allowed me to enjoy.

Kevin: Spread the love.

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