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Historical Facebook research · 256 personality profiles

Political Orientation and COMPILER Personality Types

Political labels describe affiliations and orientations, not a uniform set of policy positions. The reviewed label groups make it possible to examine their representation across broader personality profiles.

Eight COMPILER dimensions define the type codes. The same weighted factor scores and fixed global cutoffs are applied to every category; only the recorded preference field changes.

47,967 profiles have usable data for this comparison. Type samples range from 8 to 934, with a median of 148.

210 of 256 types meet the 70-profile sample minimum. 6 have at least five qualifying distinctive entries; 0 have twenty.

These are historical, unadjusted associations, not individual predictions. A missing mention is not a dislike. Age, gender, geography and list length may contribute to differences.

Distribution of category sample sizes across the 256 personality types

Patterns with substantial differences

These examples require at least 25 mentions in a type of at least 300 profiles, in addition to the common screening rules. They are examples with larger cells, not a claim of independent replication.

Anarchist

: 3.8% list this entry, compared with 0.9% outside the type. That is 4.29 times the listing rate, a 2.9-percentage-point gap (29 of 768 profiles).

Libertarian

: 13.1% list this entry, compared with 4.4% outside the type. That is 2.95 times the listing rate, a 8.7-percentage-point gap (45 of 343 profiles).

Apathetic

: 10.7% list this entry, compared with 3.9% outside the type. That is 2.77 times the listing rate, a 6.8-percentage-point gap (37 of 346 profiles).

Only the previously approved 18 merged groups are included. Apolitical, political indifference and explicit no-political-views labels retain their approved distinctions. Broad user-approved groupings are not claims that every source label is an exact synonym.

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Reading the eight letters

COMPILER uses the original proposed pole names below. These are provisional shorthand for broader dimensions, not clean logical opposites, abilities, diagnoses or judgments of worth.

PositionHigher factor scoreLower factor scoreMeaning
1C: CaregivingA: AutonomyPrioritizing care for others and family or close relationships.
2O: OpennessT: TraditionalismIntellectual, imaginative and artistic exploration.
3M: MaterialismF: FrugalityPlacing importance on appearance, money and expensive consumption, not actual wealth.
4P: PrudenceS: SpontaneityOrderliness, caution and deliberate self-control.
5I: IntimacyG: GuardednessEmotional openness, accepting help and interpersonal trust.
6L: LeadershipY: YieldingWanting to lead or control and being comfortable with confrontation, not leadership skill.
7E: EquanimityV: VolatilityEmotional calm and steadiness rather than a strong need for reassurance.
8R: ReligiosityN: NonreligiosityReligious faith and conventional restraint.

In particular, Autonomy does not mean an inability to care; Frugality is broader shorthand here than thrift alone; Leadership includes control/confrontation preferences rather than demonstrated skill.

What the comparison can establish

The catalog contains 18 entries. Distinctive rankings require at least 70 usable profiles in a type, 200 mentions overall, 10 in the type, 50 outside it, and at least three in each deterministic half. Listing-rate lift must be at least 1.25, the absolute gap at least 0.25 percentage points, and the direction positive in both halves.

Lift compares the selected type with everyone outside it in the same usable category cohort. Lists can contain fewer than twenty entries. The split-half rule screens consistency; it is not external validation or a multiple-testing guarantee. Larger ratios based on ten or twelve mentions remain uncertain.

The comparison cohort contains only records assigned to a previously approved label group. Blank, unreviewed and unmatched labels do not enter its denominator. No new fuzzy religious or political merges were introduced.

The factor model combines 35 original trait scores. Each of its eight global cutoffs splits 253,717 eligible historical profiles into 126,859 higher and 126,858 lower scores. Marginal balance does not guarantee equal-sized combinations. The source spans 2008–2011; it is not a representative sample of current tastes or the general population.

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All 256 sample sizes
TypeUsable profilesQualifying entries
9343
7686
7154
6193
5682
5084
5004
4983
4852
4653
4604
4544
4494
4434
4396
4363
4294
4230
4215
4203
4184
4034
3972
3944
3834
3825
3742
3743
3712
3633
3513
3463
3451
3452
3433
3411
3412
3402
3372
3352
3342
3342
3272
3252
3102
3034
3013
3012
2974
2952
2942
2851
2783
2772
2751
2682
2641
2632
2623
2613
2615
2612
2573
2563
2524
2514
2503
2482
2482
2460
2442
2443
2431
2413
2350
2353
2333
2261
2253
2253
2243
2243
2233
2223
2212
2202
2193
2133
2111
2062
2042
2002
1962
1912
1912
1880
1882
1872
1862
1863
1852
1812
1785
1771
1741
1744
1734
1732
1703
1680
1681
1652
1652
1641
1633
1622
1594
1572
1562
1563
1543
1544
1530
1532
1522
1522
1513
1502
1461
1462
1452
1452
1433
1402
1400
1402
1382
1382
1373
1362
1331
1320
1313
1303
1302
1301
1292
1292
1273
1262
1263
1242
1232
1222
1222
1202
1192
1182
1162
1161
1161
1132
1121
1101
1101
1102
1092
1092
1031
1022
1021
1013
1012
1002
991
991
981
970
972
962
943
941
932
931
912
911
910
912
902
891
891
891
891
882
880
861
861
861
862
831
831
812
780
772
761
751
731
711
700
700
690
690
690
680
670
670
660
640
630
610
610
590
580
580
560
550
540
500
490
430
420
420
410
410
390
380
380
370
360
360
350
350
340
340
310
310
300
270
250
230
230
230
210
170
130
80

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