There are Billions of people who use the Internet every single day. According to Adrian Chan these Billions of people can be categorized into 11 personality types based off of their online social habits. From Lurker to Creator, or Rebel to Harmonizer everyone contributes to the Internet in their own unique way.
1. Status Seeker: These people tend to be more concerned with their number of followers/friends than most, and are constantly checking theirs and others online stats. They tend to avoid deep conversations.
2. Critic: They see more value in correcting others mistakes. Usually is someone who provides information either through blogging, reviewing, or commenting on a regular basis.
3. Socializer: Social Media “purists”. These people are focused on sustaining relationships and the connections they’ve made online. These people tend to participate in social games and someone who contributes content on a regular basis as well.
4. Em-cee: These individuals go out of their way to make others recognized and appreciated. They also love to participate on platforms that gather audiences (i.e. Twitter, podcasts, YouTube, Blogging).
5. Lurker: Are people who generate a large amount of page views. They’re also inexperienced with interacting online with others and tend to just be online spectators. More inclined to subscribe to people and content.
6. Buddy: These tend to be the people who will flirt, play, tease and joke with their friends online. They are valuable to the uses of friend networks in promotional, commercial, and other uses.
7. Creator: They are extremely important for their content contributions to Social Media. Often these people are early adopters. They also hold significant value in re-contextualizing and interpreting culture.
8. Pundit: They are very critical to making the web the fasted source for quality content. These people tend to be self-motivated and make an incredible effort to help maintain the web as a publishing platform. Pundits often have a niche they focus on such as: technology, sports, politics, etc.
9. Rebel: Rebels often times show leadership in new technology developments. These people will spend a considerable amount of effort to undermine organizations seeking commercial benefit.
10. Officiator: These people tend to be the online organizers and moderators. They usually are less concerned with the personal repercussions of playing a moderating or officiating role.
11. Harmonizer: They are likely to know what’s going on with friends and colleagues, and contributes content that is both personal and social. They do a great job of checking in with friends when they fade or drift away from group online activity. One of their most important role lies with their ability to make groups tangible, often giving them identities.
What personality do you fall under?
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