Lena Dunham took Buzzfeed’s ‘Girls’ quiz and got…Marnie
If you’ve got an Internet connection, chances are you’ve seen a Buzzfeed quiz. Or taken 20.
The “science” behind the viral news site’s ubiquitous quiz template, however, isn’t as easy to come by.
For instance, how could this happen?
Hannah Horvath is a Marnie? She’s not the first Buzzfeed quiz-taker to get a head-scratching result — Shirley Manson, of Garbage fame, took the site’s “Which 90s Alt-Rock Grrrl Are You?” quiz and learned she was no Shirley Manson.
Aaron Bycoffe, a journalist and web developer who works for the Huffington Post, created a bookmarklet, dubbed BuzzCheat, that may help explain why. BuzzCheat sheds some insight into how Buzzfeed’s quiz results are calculated. It can help you figure out why you belong in California and not New York. Or whether you picked the wrong life philosophy.
Bycoffe explained the bookmarklet in a post on Wednesday, noting that his code “makes certain assumptions based on a small sample of quizzes that might not be true for all of them.” He also points out that more than one combination of answers can yield a particular result. [Rest of article at SRC.]
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The “science” behind the viral news site’s ubiquitous quiz template, however, isn’t as easy to come by.
For instance, how could this happen?
Hannah Horvath is a Marnie? She’s not the first Buzzfeed quiz-taker to get a head-scratching result — Shirley Manson, of Garbage fame, took the site’s “Which 90s Alt-Rock Grrrl Are You?” quiz and learned she was no Shirley Manson.
Aaron Bycoffe, a journalist and web developer who works for the Huffington Post, created a bookmarklet, dubbed BuzzCheat, that may help explain why. BuzzCheat sheds some insight into how Buzzfeed’s quiz results are calculated. It can help you figure out why you belong in California and not New York. Or whether you picked the wrong life philosophy.
Bycoffe explained the bookmarklet in a post on Wednesday, noting that his code “makes certain assumptions based on a small sample of quizzes that might not be true for all of them.” He also points out that more than one combination of answers can yield a particular result. [Rest of article at SRC.]
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Wasn't expecting that
It's not that you see and write yourself as something different than what you actually are.
(Proof that those Buzzfeed quizzes are worthless and belong in early 2000s personal LiveJournals tbh)
Too bad Shirley didn't say what she got
I'm sadly much more a Marnie.
I feel like it's because I picked Parent Trap Lindsey and the golden retriever.
lol i did the same and got elijah too
some parts were so weird. like how would they relate each character to something blue? and who can agree on what character would be what dog? i dont get it but at least i didnt get one of the despicable female leads
From what I can gather its biggest sin is dullness.