I imagine introvert/extrovert is simply an inadequate description -- for the ways people want to use it -- of the ways people prefer to interact; after reading a number of blog posts like this I'm increasingly convinced that the reality is far more nuanced. There are more categories of social interaction than "large group" / "small group" / "not at all"; you can talk about very complex things, very simple things, personal things, impersonal things, societal politics, clique politics, and so forth; people generally have differing preferences with regard to different things.
The introvert/extrovert distinction was never meant to be a complete description of someone's social preferences, but just a general way to classify all of the crazy people that psychiatrists encountered back in the early 20th century. MBTI tests can be suprisingly apt, but they aren't going to tell you everything there is to know about yourself.
The introvert/extrovert distinction was never meant to be a complete description of someone's social preferences, but just a general way to classify all of the crazy people that psychiatrists encountered back in the early 20th century. MBTI tests can be suprisingly apt, but they aren't going to tell you everything there is to know about yourself.