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Nine More Types Of Chatters…

The Hijacker – the hijacker will try to take the controls of your broadcast and steer it to a destination of their own choosing. Often shouting in ALL CAPS they will try to promote their website / blog / dog – whatever. Very spammy and potentially blockworthy if they refuse to back off… In a promote-your-scope type of broadcast it’s okay but that’s the only place where it’s appropriate. Side chatters can sometimes combine to unknowingly tread into this dangerous territory.

The Brown Noser – somewhat self explanatory… the scoper who the brown noser is brown nosing is a GENIUS and every point they make is revelatory…… to the brown noser. Yes it’s okay to be a fan and thank your favorite scopers for their insights, but sheesh – sometimes it’s like Beatles fans on the Ed Sullivan show…

The Security Guard – the security guard is there to keep potential trolls in line in your scope. They will put smackdowns on inappropriate comments and alert you to whom you should block if you missed it. The security guard can actually be a welcome chatter in your room as long as they aren’t too aggressive and start scaring the other chatters.

The Aggressive Gamer – often the aggressive gamer is secretly using an external keyboard for faster typing giving them a huge advantage in Periscope games where the first correct answer is the winner. Often these chatters will just start throwing random answers up on the screen as soon as a category is announced before the question is even asked. Thankfully most Perigame show hosts are on to this and won’t award a win until they at least ask the question…

The Cryptic Chatter – the cryptic chatter can cause chaos on a broadcast by confusing the heck out of the scoper with comments that usually relate to something said at least 30 seconds before and they put zero context in their comment like “Oh yeah sometimes for sure” or “Exactly – I HATE that”. You must call out the cryptic chatter with a passive aggressive remark to let them know not-so-subtly that you have no idea what the heck they are talking about. The problem as a scoper is the extra second you take to decipher the cryptic comment keeps you a half step behind the next comment that actually contributes to the conversation.

The Brand Newbie – we hug the brand newbie, we embrace the brand newbie. The Periscope community is a welcoming community of early adopters and when you see a brand newbie who tentatively enters a room with an egghead profile you should be nice to them.

The Eggspert – no one likes an eggspert. The problem with the eggspert is they have no credibility – they show up in a room and start commenting in an authoritative way like they have a ton of knowledge, and yet they can’t figure out one of the first rules and that is to get a profile avatar – a photo, a logo – something other than an egg. It is perfectly okay for all chatters in the room to shame the eggspert. NOTE: Credit goes to Periscope star @MalinMOcean who coined the term “eggspert” in our broadcast when we referred to this chatter as the “no-credibility chatter”.

The Spillover Commenter – this chatter breaks their comments up into multiple comment bubbles, often because they can’t boil it down to the three lines allowed in the app. This is usually a problem because the second part of the comment comes too long after the first part which can confuse the scoper and make the second part of the comment look like the work of a cryptic chatter.

The Fat Finger – autocorrect is the bane of the fat finger’s existence. Whether due to carelessness, hurried commenting, or actual fat fingers, the fat finger chatter is often put into embarrassing situations by comments gone horribly wrong… we’ve ALL been there.

So there you go – nine more types of chatters for you to be aware of! Here are the links to the previous posts, and there is at least one more to come!

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So Periscope comes along and it’s super cool. We all have visions of reaching an audience in an exciting new way and connecting with new friends, being entertained and seeing the world like we’ve never seen it before. We download the app, we start to follow some scopers, we tell our friends and we start scoping……..and then they show up. The scope chatters who tune in and, well…. make it interesting. Just to clarify for the purposes of this survival guide for scopers, the scopers are the people broadcasting, and the chatters are the folks tuning in to watch and “chat” (type comments to the scoper and each other).

Doug and Ally checking out Sock Cop and Cathy Hackl on Periscope

Scoping can be stressful, it can lead to post traumatic scope disorder, and it’s largely the fault of these 13 types of scope chatters (and here’s a clue – we’re all guilty of being at least one if not several of these at some point). So without further adieu I bring you:

the 13 types of chatters – a survival guide

The First Comment Chatter – the first comment chatter is quick on the draw and that’s their M.O. – when they see a scope notification they pounce and furiously start typing to get their comment in before the others start scrolling.
The Chatty Cathy – the Chatty Cathy is usually just so excited to be on a scope – their exuberance is often activated by a simple acknowledgement of the Chatty Cathy. If you say hi back to a Chatty Cathy the flood gates will open and they Won’t. Stop. Commenting. Relatively harmless because they are generally extremely happy people, but they can still make you a little crazy.
The Troll – yes this is obvious. Not new to social media by any stretch, the troll will usually ask a female scoper to see her boobs, or like my troll yesterday they may just stop by to tell you that they “just crapped their pants”. Trolls are not cool, but luckily there is a relatively easy remedy for handling trolls and that is to simply block them.
The Topic Trumper – the topic trumper loves the opportunity to show off their vast reservoir of knowledge by jumping into your room to spill the beans on the tip you are about to reveal. While this may allow the topic trumper a fleeting moment of self validation, it usually doesn’t make them look so good to the other viewers/chatters.
The Drop In Chatter – the drop in chatter is extremely busy. They have a ton going on and they are probably busy with multiple million dollar generating projects or maybe they just have 5 kids but they still find the time to drop in and say hello even if they can only stay for a minute. The drop in chatter can actually be a welcome guest, but habitual drop ins can lead to being classified as a scope hopper.
The Scope Hopper – the scope hopper is a mysterious character. Also known as “ghosting”, they like to hop around from one scope to the next, sometimes staying just long enough to make a hit and run comment. They may genuinely want to just see what is going on around Periscope or their motives may be more sinister – they may just want to be seen or make the scoper think they are interested in their scopes when they really aren’t. This can lead to the scope hop of shame. 6a. The Scope Hop Of Shame – just a footnote to the the scope hopper, this happens when two hoppers by coincidence hop into two consecutive scopes at the same time and discover that they are both indeed scope hopping. The best thing to do in this case if you are one of the busted hoppers is to form an alliance with the other hopper and swear this unfortunate incident to secrecy.
The Social Butterfly – the social butterfly loves to say hi to everybody in your room. Actually a welcome chatter, the social butterfly brings all the chatters together and fosters a sense of community in your scope. The only danger is when the social butterfly moves into the more serious and dangerous category of being a side chatter.
The Side Chatter – the side chatter will recognize a friend in the scope and start an entire unrelated side conversation that sometimes goes way too long. This can be very disruptive to the flow of comments that are actually on topic, can badly confuse the scoper, and might actually squeeze relevant comments off the screen too quickly for the scoper to respond. This is a borderline double troll result that can sink your scope and in extreme cases may even be a premeditated conspiracy to destroy your scope.
The Off-Topic Chatter – this chatter will come into your chat entitled “3 tips for sharing scopes on YouTube” and notice that you’re from New York and tell you about a restaurant they ate at in New York…. because they once lived in New Jersey about 90 minutes from…. New York so they didn’t get to New York too…. often but one time when they went they did go to said restaurant…. are you a Giant fan?
The Attention Seeker – this chatter usually gets stressed when the room is very crowded and will repeatedly use 30 emojis and/or ALL CAPS in their comments to get noticed. You may need to acknowledge the attention seeker to quiet them temporarily.
The Slightly Awkward Chatter – this chatter isn’t quite a troll but makes comments that make everyone feel just slightly uncomfortable – just not enough to warrant a block. No one has found an adequate solution yet for these people.
The Lurker – the lurker never comments. They kind of just sit in the corner and stare and their presence can be a bit unsettling. Don’t let them bother you.
The Interrupter – very often a scope begins with welcomes and introductions and even a little bit of chatting which is great. Hearts and engagement throughout are the hallmarks of a successful scope. But at some point the scoper might have some valuable information they want to get across. The interrupter doesn’t understand that. Just when the room goes quiet and the scoper gets on a roll the interrupter will ask a question that may have already been covered or they are jumping ahead. This is very stressful for the other chatters in the room and if left unchecked can extend a scope to unbearable lengths causing a chatter exodus. You can give the interrupter one free pass if you like, but it’s best just to ask them to DM you on twitter afterwards.

So there you have it! Be aware of these chatters, learn to recognize them and keep this survival guide close and you should be okay! Feel free to add to this list if there are any I’ve missed…