LA TIMES – May 14 - Some psychologists and sociologists who have studied usage habits on Twitter, Facebook and dating sites say there's little correlation between how people act on the Internet and how they are in person. "I don't think that you could have any type of accurate personality analysis based on what people are writing in their Twitter streams. Probably the same case goes for Facebook statuses as well," said John Grohol, an online mental health expert and founder of PsychCentral.com. "It could be the opposite. It could be that the shyest person is the person who tweets the most," Grohol said. Online, people tend to exaggerate their personas because they have much more time to revise and calculate the content they present than in spontaneous face-to-face interactions. FULL ARTICLE @ LA TIMES
