Crafting an online persona is becoming an art form. As with all other art forms, they incorporate at least a little fiction. It is possible to identify genres and — you guessed it — tropes. You may also be interested in our Troper Types page as well which focuses on the personas most found on our wiki.
Personality Types:
- Emo
- The Gadfly
- Garbage Post Kid
- Griefer
- Hair-Trigger Temper
- Internet Cold Reader
- Internet Detective
- Internet Mimic
- Internet Tough Guy
- Left-Fielder
- Lurker
- Me Too!
- Mediator
- Ninja Editor
- Orwellian Editor
- Single-Issue Wonk
- The Shepherd
- Spammer
- Suffers Newbies Poorly
- Thread Necromancer
- Troll
- YouTube War Expert
Purposes/Roles
- Cam Whore
- A Darker Me
- Derailing
- G.I.R.L.
- Hit-and-Run Poster
- In Another Man's Shoes
- Shameless Self-Promoter
- Sock Puppet
- The Shill
- Thoughtcrime
Theory
- Forum Pecking Order
- G.I.F.T. (Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory)
- G.I.R.L. (Guy In Real Life)
- Misplaced Nationalism
- There Are No Girls on the Internet
Other
