Are you eager to get something someone else already has? Do you follow people around wherever they go? Are you compelled to sniff in places you really shouldn't? You probably have a dog personality online. You kindly follow others while sharing a sense of joy and shear abandon. You readily dive into anything new. And you're happy to encourage others to dig in too.
Best feature -- you quickly forget any injustice and easily build back trust when it is earned.
Cat personalities, as we all know, are quite different. Cats have their own agenda. They follow no one. A command is no more than a request -- they will get to you in due time. Cats may be divas but they are also curious. They have an amazing fascination with anything that moves. And their best feature is their extraordinary hunting capability.
If you break their trust, be patient. It will be a long time before you earn it back.
It's not too difficult to tell a dog from a cat online. Look at someone on Twitter with 30,000 followers who only follows 10. Now, that's a cat. Anyone on Facebook with 5,000 friends is a dog (and I mean that in the nicest way).
What do cats and dogs have in common? They are fiercely loyal to a select group.
If I had to venture a guess (and I will), Chris Brogan (@chrisbrogan) and Guy Kawasaki (@guykawasaki) are dogs. Pete Cashmore (@mashable) and Jason Calacanis (@jasoncalacanis) are cats. (Don't be fooled by Jason's love for dogs.)
Which would you rather have in your tribe?
