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Fail Blog: Noobs,Fail Blog: Noobs,

Kate, Fergus, Tom and MichaelKate, Fergus, Tom and Michael

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What is FailBlogWhat is FailBlog

A blog dedicated to amusing pictures andvideos

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Our Question/sOur Question/s

Are Failblog comment threads accessible tonewcomers and irregular users?

Is there a community that regularly uses,interacts and communicate throughFailblog? Are they welcoming of newmembers and is it easy to join thiscommunity?

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Research/ReportResearch/Report

Four sections:

Non-user observations

Our observations  The Community

 The Language

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Non UserNon UserObservationsObservations

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 The Participants The Participants

We chose 5 friends to answer 5 questions each aboutwhat they thought of the comment threads andFailblog community.

We directed them to read one specific thread

http://failblog.org/2009/10/15/protest-fail-3/#comments

Of the participants

3 were female/2 were male All were between the age of 19 – 24

All are at Uni

3 had seen the site before/1 had previouslycommented on a post

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Question 1Question 1

Q: Do you regularly participate in onlinecommunities? Which ones? i.e SNS, blogs,forums.

A: All participated in online communities.

5 participated in Facebook

4 in Twitter

2 regularly read/wrote blogs

1 participated in online gaming forums.

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Question 2Question 2

Q: Do you feel you could contribute tothis forum as a novice user?

3 No’s

2 Yes’s

Reasons: Couldn’t understand the language,

too many conversations happeningbetween different people made theconversation unclear, the presentation of the thread was confusing.

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Question 3Question 3

Q: Do you understand the flow of conversation?

3 No’s

2 Yes’s

Why wasnt it clear?

Nested presentation made it unclear.

 Topic of conversation changed too regularly

Didn’t understand the language

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Question 4Question 4

Q: Can you see a community by reading thisthread? Can you spot power users?

4 saw other users interacting, however theywere unsure whether this qualified as acommunity.

1 of these 4 could spot power users,those whoseemed to be controlling conversation andmoderating other comments.

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Question 5Question 5

Q: How do you think failblog differs from other onlinecommunities?

A:  The main reasons were;

 The language is very unique and only applicable tofailblog

Rather than being a visible community, therelationships seem to be underlying and continuedelsewhere rather than solely on the commentthread.

Rather than focused on one topic, it changes erratically

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Our ObservationsOur Observations

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All The SameAll The Same

In the end we found our responses mirroredthose of the participants.

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 The Community The Community

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Failpeeps WordblogFailpeeps Wordblog

List of the power users and contributors

A dictionary of fail terms and language uniqueto failblog

FAQ, describing the general questions thatnoobs might have

 Troll Identification Page

Rules regarding use of failblog.

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Power UsersPower Users

Power users aren’t obvious from readingfailblog threads. Only when looking at

failpeeps do we get an idea who thecontributors are;

Admiral ApparentBrewski

DragonFluffy

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 The Language The Language

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*Action Words*Action Words

*yawn is used to indicate someone’s tired orbored

Failpeeps take it one step further by applyingthe *action indicator to whole sentences.

*rubs bagel on Suzie**hopes she isn’t too ticklish*

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Failpeep DicitionaryFailpeep Dicitionary

 The above spelling of dictionary is one commonlyused in failblog.

Dicitionary refers to a famous ‘fail’ in which themispelt word was on the cover of a dictionary

Some others we like are… Cuddle puddle Facepalm

Headdesk *Foom* *Snork

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Non-Abusive and PassiveNon-Abusive and Passive

AggressiveAggressive

Failblogs way of dealing with trolls and‘failhaters’

Sign, sign, pass

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In Jokes and Pun RunsIn Jokes and Pun Runs

 The most challenging thing when new tofailblog

In Jokes

Constant reference to famous or ‘epic’ failsthat have made it onto failblog

Listed in the Failpeeps wordpress

Pun Runs

Encourage constant change of topic andadd to the confusion a new user faces.