Ask HN: Are you Extroverted or Introverted

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1598995

by alt • 16 years ago

2 11 16 years ago

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I'm fairly introverted, and I assume that most of HN is the same. So are you..

alt2• 16 years ago

Introverted

alt2• 16 years ago

Extroverted

rblion3• 16 years ago

Both.

A healthy human is equally both. Extroverted enough to go out into the world and make something of yourself. Introverted enough to look within often and keep developing your potential.

faramarz• 16 years ago

That's being an Ambivert. You and I both.

  Ambiversion is a term used to describe people who
  fall more or less directly in the middle and exhibit
  tendencies of both groups. An ambivert is normally
  comfortable with groups and enjoys social interaction, but 
  also relishes time alone and away from the crowd.

rblion3• 16 years ago

didn't know there was a term. thanks. now i do.

fhdfh• 16 years ago

Different from you is 'unhealthy'?

rblion3• 16 years ago

we are still hunter-gatherers physically and mentally, only the environment has changed. don't get too caught up on what I'm saying, listen to your intuition.

noodle• 16 years ago

do the things you describe really have anything to do with extroversion/introversion?

i mean, the inability to go out into the world and make something of yourself is more along the lines of social anxiety disorder, not introversion.

gojomo• 16 years ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=943722

instakill• 16 years ago

MBTI type is INTJ.

astartup1• 16 years ago

Introvert won't comment here. Create poll

Ask HN: Are you Extroverted or Introverted

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