What makes you a belieber

The early Bieber fanbase developed on YouTube, and predated the release of Bieber's first album. Fans viewed his videos more than 2 billion times on YouTube, with Bieber becoming the first person to reach that number on the site. He established a personal relationship with them, through Twitter, and answering questions from fans on a radio show.

The fandom has developed several components which co-exist uneasily. One aspect of the fandom can be self-mocking, and is willing to pay a lot money to be part of it.

The other part does not like the association with problematic fans and is less willing to buy into the more overtly commercial parts of the fan community, such as purchasing concert tickets. The community sometimes has issues and rival factions inside fandom have been known to attack one another. In one case, a Twitter account shared "alleged direct messages from Justin scolding the authors of [a] blog for writing lies about him.

His fans have been described as patient and doting by the Toronto Star. Bieber fandom offers its female fans "a way not only to subliminate romantic and sexual yearnings but to carve out subversive versions of heterosexuality. Some of his fans have expressed an interest in having sex with him, and there are documented cases of fans asking the media to pass along messages to Bieber suggesting this.

There was a situation in the fandom where a fan tried gain access to Bieber for this reason by claiming she was Bieber's personal stripper. Fans will also express their love of Bieber by sending him messages on social networking sites like Twitter. Fans may have shrines dedicated to Bieber in their bedroom. X-Factor contestant Drew Ryniewicz was described as being a "true" Belieber for having such a shrine.

Belieber's mostly had a positive response when Bieber got a short haircut. Read some music blogs and websites I can recommend a good one and watch YouTube videos. Read up on what others have said about the new material in comment sections. It is around this time that you tell someone that you think you like Justin Beiber: a friend, a pet, a houseplant, anyone.

Just getting the words out is so important to this process. You might feel some kind of shame at first, but it will pass. Trust me. Every true Belieber knows the lyrics to all of his songs. Start with the older songs from his albums My World and My World 2. Being a Belieber isn't about the merchandise. Of course, if you have some, that's a great bonus.

Some Beliebers aren't able to afford the merchandise, so home-made things can also be really cool. If you ever go to a concert of Justin's, you'll notice a lot of the tee-shirts that the Beliebers wear are home-made. Learn the facts. Every true Belieber knows the basics. Joseph's Hospital on the 2nd floor , his favorite color purple , the names of the people in his crew, his half brother Jaxon and his sister Jazzy , and stuff like that. Do some research and find out some of these things.

Show it off. Make sure everyone in your school knows you're a Belieber. You will be teased by haters, but every true Belieber is willing to put up with it. Make sure you have his pictures and name on your school binders. Make a Twitter fan account.

Twitter is the best way for Beliebers to connect with Justin and other Beliebers. Having a fan account on Twitter is important. Tweet on this account a lot, and try to get Justin to notice you when he's online. Also, help trend topics for Justin whenever you can by tweeting them.

Until you have a lot of followers, you won't be able to start them, but you will be able to help trend ideas that come from bigger fan accounts. Respect Justin's crew members. Don't just be there for Justin, and say rude things about Kenny his bodyguard , Ryan Good his "swagger coach" , Scooter his manager , etc.

Those people are important to him, and any true Belieber wouldn't dis-respect them. Try to put lots of posters on your wall of him! When people come over to your house to have sleep overs, or play dates, they will see that you are a Justin Bieber fan and maybe spread it around to your friends and, you might be known as the 1 Belieber at you school. That would be awesome! You're good to go! Just follow these simple steps, and stay true.

There isn't anything worse than a fake Belieber what Beliebers call fans. You've even found yourself double-tapping a few of his pics and going back to look at them again from time to time. It's not like you've got a crush or anything, but You know he's been in some trouble, but you believe Bieber when he says he's straightened his act up.

After all, he was always a good kid, he just made some bad decisions. You're sure that he's back on the right path now and is going to go on to be a great person who does great things. And you know that whatever he does, you'll be there to support him, as true Beliebers do.

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