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IntroductionPhenomenon of InterestSocial network is a combination of all the most popular growing sites. It is full of people from all over the world with different cultural backgrounds and personalities. Social media is the easiest way for people of all personalities to connect with other individuals, whether they know them personally or not. However, some people spend more time socializing on social networks than in real life. Some of these individuals only go to these networks to post specific pictures and details about their lives. Others rarely move forward, but continue to have pages created for themselves that they rarely update just to stay aware of what's going on in other people's lives. All these individuals have different personality traits. This study sparks interest in seeing the difference between introverts and extroverts on social media sites and how they interact with others. Importance of the topic Studying the relationship between different personalities on social media is important for people to understand what kind of personalities they are. Some individuals may not realize whether they are introverted or extroverted and whether or not they have profiled themselves to appear like someone they are not. Boyd (2007) suggested that when one creates a social network profile, one “can be seen as a digital body into which individuals must write themselves.” (P. 131) Purpose of the Current Topic The purpose of the current topic is to determine which personality traits are most likely to be most active on social media websites. The current topic is to determine whether individuals who are more introverted in public areas tend to be extroverted… middle of paper… issues include social media use. the frequency of that type of social media use. Setting social media types in 8 categories: social network (Facebook), professional social network (LinkedIn), social news (Digg), media sharing (YouTube), microblogging (Twitter), blog, online discussion forum, bookmarking (StumbleUpon) and chat applications (What'sApp/SnapChat). The measurement of these variables will begin with the use of the Likert-type scale at the interval level. The survey questions focus on social media use in terms of relationships with others and interaction with information gathering outside of those relationships. The questionnaire will also question the frequency of use of each category in correlation to these relationships. Finally, the questionnaire will use the five-factor test to identify personality traits.