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It had the same effect on Bilbo and Gollum, though. The idea of its effects being dependent on race cannot be ruled out just yet.
All three are half-lings, and all three wanted to hide the ring instead of use it to rule, so it makes sense it would have a similar impact on all three of them.
Yes, but without a control group we cannot really rule out whether this is race thing or a personality thing.
For instance, what effect would it have had on Boromir and Aragorn? How about Gimli? It's possible it would have made both of the former stronger, for instance, and made Gimli incredibly rich, because that's what their races desired. We don't really know, do we?
You can imagine the shame when gimli put it on and became an elf
Yup, all we know is that there's some connection to the shadow world ("and in the darkness bind them") and other rings of power, we don't know the specific impact it would have on each individual or race.
The ring worked on the Dark Lord differently, so it definitely might be race bound
Well, it could also be that it only works differently on HIM
Hobbits don't desire invisibility, they're just good at not being noticed.