Are You A Psychopath? Scientists Say It Depends on "TWEETS"

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:13 pm » by **Kinninigan**

Just another reason I do not use "twitter"

Using the words "die, kill, and bury" in peoples Tweets to identify "psychopaths" is just crazy in itself

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Are you a psychopath? Scientists say it all depends on your TWEETS

Scientists say frequently using words such as 'die', 'kill' and 'bury' is a key warning sign
Research could be used by police to identify threats or bosses when hiring employees

Your tweets can reveal whether you are a psychopath, with the frequent use of words such as 'die', 'kill' and 'bury' among the key warning signs.

Swearing too much is also a giveaway, according to research by computer science professors and doctoral students at London's Online Privacy Foundation.

The boffins claim users' word choices indicate personality traits and their research could be used by police to identify potential threats or by bosses when hiring employees.

Chris Sumner, who heads the foundation, warned: 'People are making judgements about others based on social media. Companies even exist that will do this for you if you're hiring.

'However, almost all research says more research is needed before social media screening should be considered for use.'

Previous studies have looked at relationships between a person's mental health and their language but few have focused on social media - used by millions every day to share their thoughts and feelings with the world.

Engineering and computer science professor, Taghi Khoshoftaar, and doctoral student, Randall Wald, applied existing psychological formula to a person's writing to determine if they were psychopathic.

They used a computer programme to scan tweets - as well as looking at questionnaire answers - of nearly 3,000 volunteers and found around 1.4 per cent showed showed psychopathic tendencies.

But the research is limited, with the computer programme not able to recognise abbreviated words common on Twitter or the tone of a tweet.

Wald told US newspaper Sun Sentinel: 'It is not enough to send in the SWAT team because someone is highly rated on this.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z251S8F2Ch

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Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:22 pm » by **Slith**

Armchair quarterbacks! :top:

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:22 pm » by **Boatman**

What a load of Hoo hah, Hogwash, and Bollocks , and :bullshit:

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:24 pm » by **Kinninigan**

Just another reason for big brother to send dissenters to the mental ward

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:27 pm » by **Slith**

Boatman wrote:What a load of Hoo hah, Hogwash, and Bollocks , and

couldn't have said it better man :flop:

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:29 pm » by **Boatman**

Kinninigan wrote:Just another reason for big brother to send dissenters to the mental ward

The Mental wards are going to be filling real soon. I don't think they could build enough mental wards, funny farms, laughing academy's, nut houses quick enough IMO :ohno:

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:31 pm » by **Kinninigan**

Could anyone imagine if these same "scientists" read dtv threads

We would all be labeled insane!

I think stalking peoples tweets and believing this article takes a "psycopath"

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:33 pm » by **Kinninigan**

Boatman wrote:
Kinninigan wrote:Just another reason for big brother to send dissenters to the mental ward

The Mental wards are going to be filling real soon. I don't think they could build enough mental wards, funny farms, laughing academy's, nut houses quick enough IMO

They have the FEMA camps

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Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:35 pm » by **Slith**

Kinninigan wrote:
We would all be labeled insane!

We're not labelled this already?

Shit gang, pick up your socks!

Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:36 pm » by **Kinninigan**

dlslith wrote:
Kinninigan wrote:
We would all be labeled insane!

We're not labelled this already?

Shit gang, pick up your socks!

Wait until I tell them my reptilian and illuminati stories, i will get a padded cell and free drugs for life!

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