Lin counts as a good friend to the islanders. Known to all the young as "Brother" Lin, he was the first outsider to be elected as a representative of Orchid Island County.
而今林茂安已成為蘭嶼人的好朋友，也是第一位當選蘭嶼鄉鄉民代表的平地人，年輕人見了他，莫不叫聲「林哥」。