This artikel was last updated on 25 October 2007, and was inspired oleh Temptasia's artikel link (sic).

In addition to the categories of user that Temptasia mentioned, I think that there are multiple "levels" of fan in a given spot (these are generalities and not meant to be an analysis of any particular user). I myself fit each of these categories in different spots, and I think that that might apply to others on the site, too. When I'm in a spot, I tend to think everyone else has the same level of enthusiasm/invovlement that I do, and I don't think that's realistic. Here's my quick break-down:

* the wild fan: this person submits the majority of the content for a spot, posting multiple link daily. This person is obsessed with sharing what he/she knows concerning the spot topic, atau at least with posting material related to the spot topic. When anda see an update to a spot in your "My Updates" section of your profil page, this is the first person anda think it might be, even before clicking on the link. Often this results in that person not interacting very much with others' material: not commenting atau rating very much, because they're so busy uploading lebih links!



* the committed fan: this person uploads some content but is also quite involved in commenting/rating others' content, usually checking the spot daily for updates/responses. He/she will jump eagerly at any new update listed in the "My Updates" section, rating quickly and adding komentar (even if it's just a "cool" atau "I didn't like that"), and often participates heavily in various threads of that spot's forum.



* the casual fan: this person saw some link (an image, a forum thread, a featured spot link, a video link) to particular spot and berkata "Oh, hey, I'm kinda interested in that" and added him/herself as a fan. The person will occasionally visit the spot, then only sometimes tampilan content, but only has mild interest in the spot's topic and so doesn't feel compelled to rate and/or comment.




Like I said, most people that I've seen are different user "levels" in different spots. For me, I'm a wild fan in the link, a committed fan in the link, and a casual fan in the link (as well as many others).

Similarly, there are different types of user behavior. This is lebih along the lines of Temptasia's article, because the types apply to users in general, rather than fan of a particular spot, but rather than talking about how much they use the site - her artikel covered that - these types are some of the different ways I've observed how users use Fanpop.

* the global users: these people are casual fan of many, many spots. They view a lot of content and spend most of the time looking at the "recent updates" in their profiles, just browsing new stuff in those spots. When they aren't doing that, they're browsing the site at random, looking for new spots to join.



* the focussed users: these people are fan of very few spots, but tend to be committed atau wild fan in each of them. These people may have created one atau two of those spots, and will volubly and frequently wonder why no one else is contributing to them.



* the pioneer users: these people is constantly figuring out new spots that haven't yet been created, and then creates them. They do little lebih than plant the flag for queen and country (and hopefully create a banner and logo) before moving on to the selanjutnya new spot, however.



* the philanthropist users: these people are fan not just of certain topics, but also of the fanpop user interface, and spend their time adding content to acak spots as their fancy takes them, knowing that any contribution to a spot is a benefit to that spot.



* the family users: these people joined fanpop not particularly to gabung any existing spots, but instead to keep in touch with family members who are using the site. They tend to be fan of and/or create spots dedicated to a particular user, where they can share foto and video of their family with other friends and family members.



* the lurking users: The primary consumers of the content on Fanpop, these users gabung the site not to be able to rate links, post komentar atau even select picks from questions. Instead they gabung simply to create a daftar of spots for which they are fans. They then follow all the update for those spots assiduously, membaca every article, viewing every image, watching every video.



Now this is in no way meant to be an exhaustive daftar of the different ways people interact with Fanpop, merely some of the lebih common behaviors I've seen in users since I started in June 2006. People are, of course, much lebih complicated than simple labels like these, and often will exhibit different behaviors depending on the hari of the week (schedule), mood, time of day, and level of inspiration. Some times, I suspect, we all want to just consume (view, watch, read, play) what others have posted, because constant posting (particularly for wild users) can get to seeming like...well, work. So these behaviors ebb and flow, and aren't meant to be applied as a permanent tag on someone: "That guy's just a family user" atau "She's really just a focussed user on this spot", but rather behaviors that folks demonstrate from time to time. There are likely others, too, which anda have observed and I haven't. If so, I'd be interested in membaca about them in the comments, below.