Why do people take the Political Compass seriously?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's not only one of the most objectively idiotic sites on the internet it has ZERO citing or backing up of its awful charts. Why do people actually cite that crap?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Because it looks good, feels thorough, is easy to take and gives you a label to call yourself. It takes a little more education to understand how looney it is.

Not really. Like anyone with even rudimentary understanding of British politics would instantly realize how f[inks]ing insane this is:

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I don't mind the test itself so much, it's that people actually post those dumb f[inks]ing charts for any reason other than laughs and sheer amusement.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The astrology question is probably because Hitler and many authoritarian Latin American dictators believed in astrology. It's also a fundamentally "authoritarian" belief in that it holds that there are things that are preset and that you can not change or have any control over. However it's still a stupid question for a POLITICAL quiz.