What categories can Zhihu users be roughly divided into?

Personal observation, from the most intuitive aspect

1. Male users with real avatars: activity is generally not high in comparison, and high-quality answers often appear in professional comparisons Under the strong topic, it is also the main force in short-length and low-endorsement answers to various types of questions (personal feeling...). The views are usually relatively simple and normal, but there are often people who are extremely extreme. .

2. Female users with real avatars: mainly those studying abroad, engaged in cultural and fashion-related industries, and girls who are simply good-looking. . Their thoughts are generally more open-minded and avant-garde, but they are also troubled by harassment from lewd men. . . But everyone should pay attention to distinguish transvestites. .

3. Users with anime character avatars (obviously carefully selected): Most of them are active in anime topics and have a wide range of interests. . I feel that it often appears in historical topics, and the answers are often from novel angles. Especially the topic of modern history and military history. Is this the legendary military house? .

4. Users with cartoon avatars (obviously used casually): I don’t know if it’s my personal feeling that the probability of high-quality answers among these users is extremely high. . .

5. People who choose a random picture as their avatar: Most of them are obsessive-compulsive disorder patients like me who don’t speak much but feel uncomfortable if their avatar is empty. .

6. Users without avatars: Most of them are divers who only see, like, and leave no names. Occasionally, there are experts who have profound and unique insights into a certain field. They come and go like the wind, in the financial and economic fields. Common.

From the perspective of professional fields

1. Students are definitely the most popular, undergraduates are not very active in speaking, masters and doctors have repeatedly contributed high-quality answers in their majors; students studying abroad are more enthusiastic in answering. The quality is better than domestic ones to a certain extent.

2. There are many people in the IT industry, and I know the memes of many programmers from Zhihu. .

3. There are more liberal arts than science, and basic science topics are less popular than political, history, economic, social and cultural topics. But it's just a personal feeling.

4. There are few successful people in the traditional sense, and the vast majority are still in the struggle period (in other words, there are few vested interests among some people); the number or activity of practitioners in traditional industries is low in emerging fields and technology fields.

In addition

The popularity of trolling and following the trend of likes is about the same as that of Weibo; the damage is greater than the construction, and the severity of the impact of trolls on the community atmosphere is only slightly better than that of Tieba; unserious No one believes anything, and no one understands anything too serious.

Generally speaking, there are only three types of people: those who come to Zhihu for entertainment and learning, those who promote new fields and new things and engage in new marketing, and

who are inexplicably full of hostility. And a sense of superiority and seriousness. .