u/Budget_Afternoon_800

You may have seen my post earlier today (or during the night, depending on your time zone) or maybe not.

It seems that the main MBTI sub has decided to implement moderation rules that no longer allow objective discussions about MBTI. They seem too afraid of offending certain types and want to maintain a “feel-good” community, even though MBTI is supposed to be a tool for understanding not only our strengths, but also our weaknesses.

It should be possible to criticize a type or share a negative experience with one. That doesn’t make it a “bad” type it’s simply feedback or an analysis that may be hard to hear. These are perspectives that should be considered, discussed, and, if necessary, challenged. But that no longer seems possible on the current sub.

On top of this overly protective moderation style, there also seems to be a refusal to accept criticism or self-reflection from the moderation team itself. Because of that, I’m concerned that the main MBTI sub is becoming more of an echo chamber than an open space for intelligent discussion about MBTI.

That’s where my decision to create a new sub comes in. Here’s the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/freeMBTI/s/VfSMPbcH8V

On the main MBTI subreddit, there was a post earlier asking about the difference between ESTJ and ENTJ, which was removed because it was a typing post.

Even though I don’t know any ENTJs to help, I had written a post explaining to the OP how the three other Te users react to a mistake caused by my inferior Si. The goal was to give them an idea of the impact of the Si, Ne, and Ni functions when combined with Te (and not Se in this case). But writing that response actually made me curious about how ENTJs would react in the situation described. Here is a copy of the response:

Let’s say I make a mistake due to my inferior Si for example, I accidentally switch the x-axis and y-axis in a presentation. But then I notice it and provide an analysis of my mistake: how it happened, what it implies, and how to correct it.

An ISTJ with dominant Si and inferior Ne would panic and catastrophize. For them, the project is basically ruined; there’s no point continuing anymore, we might as well give up entirely.

An ESTJ with auxiliary Si and tertiary Ne would complain, but still take the analysis and proposed corrections into account and apply them. However, they would grumble the whole time, explaining that I should have paid more attention in the first place; that while correcting mistakes is good, it’s even better not to make them at all and not waste three hours fixing them.

Whereas an INTJ (the only Ni–Te example I have, since I don’t know any ENTJs) would take the mistakes into account and actually find them interesting because they help enrich their system. They’re additional data to integrate, and since I already have both a solution and an interpretation, they’re satisfied.

Imagine this: you keep your own MBTI type, but you have the power to become another type whenever you want, and then switch back to your original type. Which one would you choose?

Personally, as an ENTP, I think I’d choose ISTJ or ENTJ. It would help me give structure to and actually execute the ideas I come up with as an ENTP but struggle to bring to life. It would also give me the work discipline and consistency I feel I’m missing

At least for intuition and sensation. For feeling and thinking, it makes sense because those are functions of interaction with ourselves and other human beings, but for the perceptual ones, I find that convergent and divergent make more sense. What do you think?

Globalement, je pense être assez satisfait de mon style hiver/automne. Mais je trouve que, pour les hommes, nos options quand il fait chaud sont assez limitées. J’ai un style un peu intello universitaire old school en hiver : pull en laine avec col qui dépasse, pantalon en velours, menton un peu long. Mais en été, je suis bien moins élégant.

In your opinion, how does each MBTI type (In heterosexual, bisexual, pansexual men) experience masculinity?

Let’s start from the assumption that masculinity is both biological (certain factors such as hormones that influence behavior) and social (social norms about what a man is and how he should behave, etc.), and that there is a close interdependence between these two elements.

Each man is caught between his instincts and constantly evolving, redefined social norms.

How do you think MBTI comes into play in all of this?