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PaperclipPerfector  2d ago (text post)   1466 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for February 1, 2026

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The Duolicious dating website (which originated on 4chan's /soc/ board) did something somewhat similar.

What we really did was ask ChatGPT to pretend to be an extrovert, then pretend to be an introvert [using one trait in the entire list of 47 traits as an example]. Then we made ChatGPT answer all 2005 questions in our question bank five times while playing those roles. Except instead of asking them as yes/no questions, we asked ChatGPT to answer on a scale from 0 to 10 (called a Likert scale, for you psychology nerds).

The Motte's demographics preclude a dating app, unless you want to replicate a nerdier version of Grindr, but it's interesting to see someone try a similar tack. If I was being actually rigorous, I'd also run some stats and try to cross-validate things, but I think my approach passes the sniff test. Maybe as a stretch goal. Thanks!

Hey, we have tradwives, transgirls and a Jewish right-wing authoritarian. It's almost not a sausage party!

Well, I'd have to go looking for kosher sausages. Shame, pork really is the best for that.

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