Climbing the Pyramid of Fandom

Hello everyone!

To check the previous chapters about Superfans I have the links at the end!

Today I'm in-depth on Chapter 11 - Give them a Name!

When fans get together to support the thing they love, it can be a powerful force that can change the fate of that thing. (...) A name may seem like a simple thing, but it's really powerful. When you're a member of a community with a name, you have an identity as part of a group that rallies around the brand or artist and is even willing to fight for a common goal.

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Some of you know that I do enjoy mix up and/or inventing new words for something 😋

I was so excited when Fire-Pay was launched where I could buy products and services with the CTP token that I would call that "fireshopping"! Another word that came up eventually because of the word "fire" I connected to "fireball". That word exists I know BUT it came up in handy later on when I threw a big contest to promote CTP Blueprint and give away prizes to people, which I called the "Fireball event". People started to use Fire-Pay even more and the community grew to be the "Fireballers". It's now a role within the CTP Discord.

It's a great way to strengthen the identity of your fanbase and give people something to rally around. Sometimes people will come up with a name on their own but there's a good chance you'll have to be the one to establish a name and use until it becomes second nature for everyone. A community that has a name has no excuse not to get together in a close-knit setting.

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When Hive forked for the first time to have the name it has today, many people of the community was trying to come up with a name for themselves: Hivers, Hivians, I would sometimes call everyone reading my posts "busy bees", and so on.