Attention Seeking

Description
This pattern occurs when a user through various means seek out attention.

Examples
Alice posts very frequent status updates to get attention. Bob posts controversal posts every now and then, which also gets him attention.

As a way to boost self-confidence: Cheryl posts ”I am ugly, like if you disagree”.

Pros & Cons
In one way it's a good thing. The activity of the site is boosted and in case of controversal posts, more people become engaged. However, it may also annoy users, who might chose to hide other users, or in the worst case, stop using the service.

Relations
The example of the self-confidence boost goes against other patterns such as Self Censoring.

For Attention Seeking to work, there needs to be some kind Feedback system for users to use.

Contributors
Created by Andreas Bjerkeholt.