Facebook statistics

With Facebook now having over 500 million users it is fascinating to see that all 500 million users can be categorised in to only 6 groups.  You can put any facebook user in to one (or maybe more) of these categories by reading their facebook statuses.


User type 1: The lover
This user has limited statuses on repeat.


"I love my man so much"
"I'm the luckiest girl in the world"
"I don't know what I would do without my perfect fella"


I think your man would love you more if you spent your time with him rather than telling the world over and over again how much you love him.  Your relationship status tells me you're in a relationship. I will always assume you are in love until that changes.


User type 2: The hater
I don't have a lot to say about these people.  Please don't use facebook as a forum for racism, homophobia and general hate towards others, use a blog :-)


User type 3: LOOK AT ME!!!!
This type of person is a true attention seeker and can be summed up in one status: "John Smith has had the worst day of his life"  This status in itself is not a bad status, it is what follows the posting of this status that bothers me.


Example:


John Smith has had the worst day of his life :-(
Peter Brown: Whats up mate?
John Smith: I don't want to talk about it on here. I'll inbox you.


Are you kidding me John Smith.  You have over 1000 friends (most of whom I gather you do not know) and you post a status like this and not expect someone to respond.  By posting this status you excite user type 6 and then crush them by not revealing the story.  If you want to just tell people in private just send the message or ring them, don't fill my news feed with your crap.


User type 4: The wanna be famous
These people believe they are destined for something bigger.  Facebook to them is a stepping stone to something else.  They use facebook as a mean to share jokes, advertise their music and to sometimes upload photos which will hopefully land them a modelling contract. 


A larger number of friends is generally a given with this user type.


User type 5: The wanna get laid.
yep.....lot of friends of opposite sex.......lot of semi naked/suggestive photos....yep


User type 6: The 'normal' facebook user - a.k.a the nosey user
These users are the hardest to spot.  These users will have some of the most normal statuses.  They will have statuses about funny moments in the day, views on talent shows and comment on general day to day life, weather and current affairs.  However, below this seemingly mundane user lies a dark dark secret.  Their life as a social network user starts out innocently enough but then the obsession grows.  They have hundreds and hundreds of friends. Some of these are people who they went to school with and never spoke to, or friends of friends who they met once on a drunken night out.


These users are unable to delete 'friends' as they are too nosey.  They are not worried about being any of the other user types, however they love to know what is going on in the facebook world.  They will have facebook on their mobile phones and will log on at any available opportunity to read through hundreds of facebook statuses.


'When your own life is dull, use facebook to stalk others'


Oh and they sometimes use it to be a pervert.


Can you place yourself or people you know in to any of these categories? Yes, I am guilty of at least one of these.