1. The Social Athlete: Very focused, responsible, extremely detailed, yet keeps to self. Very deep thinker. Trusted by followers and friends. Very supportive and promotes the ideas and businesses of others. Always has organized listed goals and works towards achieving those goals one after the other. Profile shots are usually either a serious official and formal head-shot or a full-bodied photograph in an outdoor setting. Tends to join as many groups as possible and participates in each one. The rate at which updates are posted by the social athlete are border-line spammer since too much attention to detail and sharing every important information is the focus.
2. The Social Luddite: Keeps to self. Never interested in current technology or technical information. Likes to keep things simple with the most minimal interaction with Social Media. Pays more attention to already-formed internal friendships than anonymous people on Social Media. Solves problems in simpler ways as opposed to using modern recommended tools. Lack of profile updates or pictures.
3. The Social Nurturer: Cares a lot about how others feel and tries to do what is right all the time for the better good of the world. Feels there is a duty to be the help people need. Cares a lot about religions and traditions. Usually also is concerned about what people say or think. Profile photos are usually cute animals or group photos taken with very beautiful friends. Usually posts a lot of photos with inspirational quotes.
4. The Social Lazies: Thinks deeply about everything without responding. Joins a lot of online communities. Posts a lot on some days, and after a few weeks does not post anything. They follow strict values, stick to what they are used to, and are not followers of random ideas. Very relaxed on other people’s issues unless their own values are threatened. Very smart in portraying thoughts into writing. Very quick to detect a problem and a solution. Tend to help people. Profile shots are usually only head-shots with relaxed attire. They do a lot of status update automation using tools such as Hootsuite.
5. The Social Geek: Into his or her own independent ideas. Ability to transform a theoretical idea into a practical solution. Very intelligent and extremely competitive. Their thought patterns are more complicated than the average thinker (long-winded). They are driven by high expectations from themselves and their academic peers. They tend to be leaders more than followers, but they only follow people who they think have higher knowledge than themselves. Profile photos are usually enhanced using tools like Photoshop and they usually include a science fiction character or tool from Star Wars, or beautiful women, or technology leaders like Steve Jobs.
6. The Social Doer: Very flexible with methods used to make their ideas come to life. They want to see immediate results always and they will try anything to see that what they are envisioning comes to pass immediately. They are always on the move twenty-four seven and are very results-driven. Not patient enough to listen to long explanations. Do not like any ideas getting in the way of accomplishing theirs, other than that they are respectful of others’ rules and regulations. Good communicators and party people. Profile pictures are usually of them doing something risky or getting drunk.
7. The Social Lurker: Always has a list of things to read on the Social Media but does not feel inclined to always participate in on-going conversations, although they have their own fixed points of view. They are very hardworking and like to be the leaders in their own fields. They would rather be the organizers or directors of a program, than mere participants. They treasure their own security and they usually have no profile photos, or they use abstract images.
8. The Social Inspirer: Always has creative ways to put forth information. Very multi-talented and excellent communicators. Usually thrilled about new things, but move on to other new ideas when details become too complex. Very wide range of things that interest. Usually have the best designed wall papers and they like to portray what they know at every event.
9. The Social Ranter: Usually the most popular within their Social Media. Very outspoken about any personal issues. Concerned with others’ issues as well. Quick to say everything they think about controversial issues at once. Very practical and shun theoretical ideas. Good people managers and leaders. Put others above themselves. They usually are part of environmental groups, communities, and non-profit organizations.
10. The Social Visionary: Fast-thinkers and multi-talented. Can solve almost any problem. Tend to get into lots of debates and academic discourses. Might neglect normal life. Very outspoken about their ideas and suggestions. They like to surround themselves with only people they can interact with at a level similar to theirs. They care about the numbers of followers and fans they have.
