| Documentary Source | User Participation Type |
| Armstrong (1997) | visitor/ lurker/contributor/buyer |
| Adler (1999) | passive person/active person /inductor/manager |
| Mao Bo (2006) | leader/ responder /visitor/ sharer/ learner |
| Gong Hui (2007) | elite/efficiency man/active person/ loner |
| Qiu Junping (2008) | elite/efficiency man/active person |
| Chen Haiqiang (2009) | key user/ edge user |
| Kristine (2009) | core member/ talker/ collector/ devotee/ functionalist/opportunist |
| Xue Ke (2010) | opinion leader/ focuser/ proliferator/ debater/ participant/ edge user |
| Toral (2010) | peripheral user/ full member/ community center |
| Xu Xiaolong (2010) | leader/responder/socializer/consultant/ spectator |
| He Li (2011) | key user/ domestic consumer |
| Zhao Wenbing (2011) | collector/internet denizen/professional user/type ME |
| Liu Wei (2012) | valued member/visitor/ sunk member |
| Song Enmei (2012) | Authoritative user/popular user |
| Gu Bin (2014) | consultant/key user/ edge user/ collector |