Hmmm...which one should I choose? PS - This is a fansite map of sometime in the future 
There are a plethora of fan sites and an official one for David Archuleta. One or two fan-run sites existed prior to David’s American Idol season, like David Archuleta Fan Scene. Most have sprung up during AI or since then.
David’s Official Site is stylish. It subtlely and tastefully markets his music and merchandise. It appears to be a teen & twenty-something cool design. I’m not prone to leave comments though.
Nearly all of us frequent the fan site(s) that we identify with the most. In fact one of the reasons, according to social psychologists, that we diehard fans seek a fan website is so that we can find a group that we connect with in core values and subsequently the sharing of like fan experiences and feelings. “I’m OK, You’re OK,“ is sooooooo right!
Each fan site offers something different. We diehard fans literally have a smorgasbord of treats to choose from. The international sites are gorgeous and I love browsing through them just to see if I can pick up words in different languages. (Eek, what a geek, eh?)
Just imagine the “new” David music fan exploring the web.
The new fan can, of course, go to the official site. If they Google “David Archuleta ‘fan site’” they have over a million links to explore and over 4 million links if they just Google “David Archuleta.”
And, as we lurk or participate in fan sites, we become familiar with the style and tone and boundaries of each. We zero in on personalities and characters.
I bet we each have Screen Names that we recognize and follow (or, LOL, maybe avoid) on fan sites. Then, bingo, it just happens and we connect with one or perhaps more fan sites. We have found our very own comfy fan home(s).
From an Existentialist perspective, all the fan sites are meant to be. Everything has an ebb and flow and the experience of that ebb and flow is as timeless as life itself.
There are 4 fan sites I visit daily. One for the latest breaking news, two for the commentary from fans I have met either at concerts or through the commentary whom I am connected to, and the last one for the connection and sharing. And, it is those that I am connected to and the connection and sharing that is, personally, of the highest value.
Primarily, I have a great sense of joy and gratitude to these different sites. Oh, for sure, I don’t always appreciate or agree with what I read from time to time. And, I can get caught up in the moment and have learned much from that and mostly in the “what not to do” category…old dogs can, indeed, learn new tricks.
What I do like, though, is that reading other’s perspectives allows me to examine what I think in a different light and often expands my appreciation and deepens my enjoyment of this fan journey. Looking at the 360 perspective is quite illuminating.
One of the most powerful things I learned from a David fan was her sharing of a few words from Maya Angelou’s Don’t Break the Elastic…“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
For sure, part of this wonderful experience is to see through others eyes, to walk in someone else’s shoes. That adds so much as it makes me realize how David’s music impacts each individual differently and that we are motivated to express our individual fan-cination via various avenues due to those very differences.
So, take a moment please, and tell me a little about yourself and why you frequent David Archuleta Fan Scene. I would love to get to see through your eyes, walk, if just for a brief moment, along side you, on this David Fan Journey.
out. 
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