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Users who actively use social media on mobile
devices also rose from 66 million to 92 million. In
terms of increasing the number of users in social

media services, Indonesia even occupies the third
position in the world. Indonesia defeated countries
like Brazil and the United States, and only lost to
China and India.
Brandtzaeg and Heim (2011) mentioned that social
media users can be classified into five types namely,
Sporadic, Lurkers, Socialisers, Debaters, Actives. The
first type is Sporadic. Sporadic is a user who visits
social media on an irregular basis.
Users in this type have low participation rates and
tend to use more social media to find information. In
this type they usually just make a status and check if
anyone is commenting or not on their status.
The second type is Lurkers. Lukers is having a low
participation rate and tend to be more towards
recreation. Users of this type are involved in some
activities on social media, but their participation is
low. This type thinks of technology just for fun and
for maintaining good relationships with others. The
third type is Socialisers. This type is a user who has a
high participation rate and tends more towards
recreation.
Social media for this type is very important because
people in this type use social media to keep in touch
with friends. The fourth type is debaters. This type,
users who have high participation rates and tend to be
more towards informational.