Table of contents:
- What is the Top Fans Program?
- How to Participate in Top Fans Program and Become a Top Fan
- How to Place a Bid
- Ranking and Top Fan Benefits
- Points Decay
- Top Fan Leaderboards
- How to Earn Points from your Top Fan Bids
Top Fans is a social game for all members to participate. In addition to adding a member to your Hotlist, you can further spend points to become this member’s Top Fan. As a Top Fan, you get to show up in your favorite member’s profile, Top Fan list, and notifications with a special badge and highlight. You will compete with other members to get on the top of the list. It’s a fun way to make an impression on the members you like and stand out to show other members that you’re really into them.
The Top Fans game is open to members of all levels. Use points to bid on profiles of members you like, and compete against other fans for the top ten positions to earn exclusive benefits and enhanced visibility to your favorite members. Ranking within the Top 10 will qualify you for special rewards.
How to Participate and Become a Top Fan
Becoming a Top Fan is easy; you can place a bid anywhere you find the Hotlist icon on the site. After adding a member you like to your Hotlist, you can take the next step to become their Top Fan by placing a bid.
To become a Top Fan:
Click the Top Fan icon next to a member’s profile on your Hotlist, or anywhere else you see the Hotlist icon on the site.
Place a minimum bid of 50 points.
There are various locations where a bid can be placed on a profile, including your Hotlist, the Top Fans list, the Top Fans leaderboards, and member profile previews.
You can add any member to your Hotlist and trigger bidding by clicking on the icon next to their profile. Anywhere there is a Hotlist button is a place where you can place a bid.
Click on the “Become a Top Fan” button in the following places:
- A) Main Profiles
- B) Mini profile preview
- C) My Hotlist – Top Fans
Place a bid based on the pool of available points on your profile. (Minimum bid is 50 points.)
Users will only need to bid the difference in points to continue making bids:
Ex: Bid 500 points but want to make a new bid of 1000 points? Bid an additional 500 points to increase your rank on a profile
Decide how to place your bid
You can choose to outbid the #1 Top Fan, outbid any of the fans in the Top 10, or make a minimum bid of 50 points to become a generic fan.
If you find your bid has not landed you where you expected, you can continue bidding to move ahead on the leaderboard. In the case where two different users have placed a first-time bid on a member profile, the user with the oldest time stamp for first-time bid will receive the reward.
You have the option to display/hide Top Fans on your profile page which is located under privacy preferences of your account. You can also choose not to participate in the Top Fans game. That means you can’t become a fan. Other members won’t be able to become your fan, and you won’t be placed in the leaderboard. To update your settings, hover over “My Stuff” in the navigation bar, then select “Privacy Preferences”.
| Top Fan Member Benefits | #1 Top Fan | #2-10 Top Fans | #11-99+ Top Fans |
| Top Fans Notifications | √ | √ | – |
| Top Fans Activity Feed | √ | √ | – |
| Top Fans Profile Badge | √ | √ | √ |
| Profile Fan list Visibility | √ | √ | √ |
*While Gold members already enjoy all the features the site has to offer; the Top Fans program provides an exciting way to get noticed by your favorite members. Depending on the number of points you bid on a particular member, you can receive added visibility to members you’re interested in.
Special notifications sent to the members you like
When you become one of the top 10 fans, your favorite members will receive a special notification telling them about you. You will get a notification if your ranking has slipped.
Appear on your favorite members Top Fans Activity Feed
Top #1-10 Top Fans appear in their favorite members activity feed with a highlighted profile for added visibility when interacting. Interactions include login activity, status updates, photo updates, and video updates, etc.
Fans get a special profile badge to help them stand out to their favorite member
Fans will receive a profile badge for added visibility. #1 Top Fan and #2-10 Top Fan badges will appear on your favorite member’s fan list, profile page, and notifications. Fan badges will appear on their favorite members fan list only.
Appear on your favorite members profile Fan list for additional exposure
Top fans will appear on their favorite members fan list for added visibility. Users with the most points received or spent can also appear on the global leaderboard for even more visibility.
Points Decay
Members who do not log in will lose 1% of total points used per day so other active members can catch up. Members who are not active after 30 days will be removed from the leaderboard to make room for active member
How does the Points decay system work?
If an account missed to log in daily, the points decay will start. It decays 1% of the total points used per day. It’ll keep decaying until the total points reach 0. The top member and top bidding ranking will be affected based on the balance after the decay.
Example:
– Member A has 3 fans, X, Y, Z; Member X’s bid – 200 pts, Member Y’s bid – 100 pts, Member Z’s bid – 50 pts; Member A has a total bid of 350 pts.
– If Member X stops logging in, he loses 2 pts from his total bids (200 pts x 1%= 2 pts). His total bids decay to 198 pts. Member A also loses the 2 pts from Member X and has a total of 348 pts received.
– If Member A does not log in for the second day, he loses another 1% from his total bids (198 pts x 1% = 1.98 pts, round up to 2 pts). His total bids decay to 196 pts. Member A now have a total of 346 pts received due to the decay.
Top Fan Leaderboards
You can access the leaderboards by clicking the “Top Members” link which is listed under “What’s Hot” menu on the top navigation var.
Leaderboards are where you can find how users stack up against the competition across the site. You can check out your rankings and compare them to other Top Fans or favorite members in your region or around the world.
The most popular members appear on the Top Member Leaderboard, which displays members with the most/total points received, as well as the highest bid of points placed on any particular profile.
Leading bidders on the site appear on the Top Bidder Leaderboard, which presents the highest bidding members, in addition to the highest bid placed by any particular member on one profile.
Each leaderboard displays the regional distribution of Top Members and Top Bidders. You can sort Top Members and Top Bidders by Country, State, City, or locales like (East Bay, South Bay), etc.
In the case where two members have bid the same number of points on a particular member, the bidder with the oldest time stamp for their bid will rank higher
How to Earn points from Your Top Fan Bids
The ability to earn points for emailing your top fans has been discontinued as of November 2023.