This newbie member, jamsieboy86,may be considered a knee-jerk member because he is already talking
down Liverpool FC’s chances of winning the English Premier League title in the second month of
the 2008–09 season. He does not only abuse a player, Dirk Kuyt, but also the team. These knee-jerk
fans or ‘glory hunters’may post purely for the purposes of upgrading their ranking within the TIA community
(due to the rank system governed by number of posts). However, they may also just focus their
posts on the glory only when Liverpool FC wins. By doing this, they gain social identity or status from
participating in the TIA community. Although all fans do focus on the glory of Liverpool FC, more
faithful fans always support and remain behind the team when Liverpool FC loses. Moreover, they provide
reasons to support their arguments whereas knee-jerk fans do not.