It included a laminated member card, Social Media Club stickers, [>>]]]> The letter marked “insured mail” with nine 39¢ stamps on it really caught my eye last night. I thought, ‘Oh no, who’s suing me now?’ I was relieved to find out, upon opening it, that it was my new membership kit from the Social Media Club.

It included a laminated member card, Social Media Club stickers, business cards for founders Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells, and a deck of “play it forward” cards from Akoha’s social reality game. The welcome letter was signed, “with love and respect.” I thought to myself, now that’s why I like social media—the people involved are genuinely nice and show love and respect and give you the warm fuzzies.

But when I showed it to my colleague Chris Zender, she had a more cynical reaction, characterizing the association as a community of touchy-feely folks who’ve found a new communication platform. “But then again, I’m a ‘T’ and you’re an ‘F,’ so maybe this stuff works for you,” she said.

Her comment about Myers-Briggs personality types—in which you’re rated with four letters depending on whether you’re Introverted or Extroverted; iNtuitive or Sensing, Feeling or Thinking, and Judging or Perceiving—got me thinking. I wonder if most people participating in the social media universe tend to be “F’s” (for people who make decisions based largely on internal feelings). The thinkers make decisions more logically and from a more detached standpoint. Feelers love connection and consensus; thinkers like cause and effect, rules, consistency.

So what do you think? If you’re a social media participant, if you’re on Twitter and Facebook and a member of the Social Media Club and attend online community events, are you also an “F”? Or is my theory full of hooey? Comment back and let me know. —Charlotte Ziems, VP, client engagement