microrobert
12-01-2014, 01:39 PM
The Same Name Puzzle: Twitter Users Are More Likely to Follow Others With The Same First Name But Nobody Knows Why
If you use social networks to follow other people who share your first name, you’re not alone. The question is why.
Back in 1985, a Belgian psychologist called Josef Nuttin began asking students to pick out their favourite letter from a pair or a group of three. To his surprise, he found that people were more likely to pick letters that appeared in their own name. So a Fred is more likely to pick an F than an M and a Jennifer more likely to pick a J than an L.
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/532846/the-same-name-puzzle-twitter-users-are-more-likely-to-follow-others-with-the-same-first
If you use social networks to follow other people who share your first name, you’re not alone. The question is why.
Back in 1985, a Belgian psychologist called Josef Nuttin began asking students to pick out their favourite letter from a pair or a group of three. To his surprise, he found that people were more likely to pick letters that appeared in their own name. So a Fred is more likely to pick an F than an M and a Jennifer more likely to pick a J than an L.
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/532846/the-same-name-puzzle-twitter-users-are-more-likely-to-follow-others-with-the-same-first