Is Personality Prediction Possible Based on Reddit Comments?

TL;DR

This study investigates the feasibility of predicting personality types from Reddit comments using BERT-based classifiers, highlighting potential despite dataset challenges.

Contribution

It introduces a method to classify MBTI personality types from Reddit comments using supervised learning with BERT, exploring the correlation between text and personality.

Findings

Potential for personality classification from Reddit comments

Challenges due to dataset quality

BERT classifiers show promising results

Abstract

In this assignment, we examine whether there is a correlation between the personality type of a person and the texts they wrote. In order to do this, we aggregated datasets of Reddit comments labeled with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) of the author and built different supervised classifiers based on BERT to try to predict the personality of an author given a text. Despite experiencing issues with the unfiltered character of the dataset, we can observe potential in the classification.