Comments on: Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fame

By: Microfame, micro impact?

Microfame, micro impact? — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:05:37 +0000

[...] and how to mack on their game. Focusing on the more raucous, self-styling iconoclasts like Tila Tequila, Ze Frank and Perez Hilton, Rex Sorgatz argues to make noise, make it loud and make it [...]

By: May rocked!

May rocked! — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:47:43 +0000

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By: Kardashian » Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fame

Kardashian » Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fame — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:03:28 +0000

[...] Buzz Networker – Social Networking wrote an interesting post today on Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fameHere’s a quick excerpt There’s all these … I hesitate to call them “celebrities” because they’re not, in the traditional definition. But they are famous. We just don’t know why. There really isn’t a word for what these people do for a living. I’m talking about the Tila Tequilas, the Kim Kardashians and the Perez Hiltons of the world. In fact, Perez Hilton is the only one I can point to and tell you what it is he *does*. Tila Tequila is a Queen of MySpace, with 1.5 million “friends” and more than 50 million profile [...]

By: Evil? Genius? Evil Genius?

Evil? Genius? Evil Genius? — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:53:40 +0000

[...] Some people (the ones who, apparently, don’t find Loren’s parodies as hilarious as I do) are calling Loren a bully, trying to call him out and give him shit about the videos, and claiming that he’s trying to use social media to leverage his own 15 minutes of fame. [...]

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Fri, 02 May 2008 02:28:32 +0000

By: Movies and Film Blog » Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fame

Fri, 02 May 2008 01:29:33 +0000

[...] Buzz Networker – Social Networking put an intriguing blog post on Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fameHere’s a quick excerpt [...]

By: Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fame

Fri, 02 May 2008 01:28:56 +0000

[...] Buzz Networker – Social Networking added an interesting post today on Using social media as a crowbar for your 15 minutes of fameHere’s a small reading [...]

By: Jas

Jas — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:46:21 +0000

Shouldn’t Loren Feldman be put on this list?

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:42:37 +0000

I have to agree with both of you. Tila and Kim just pose provocatively and go to parties. And get their picture taken.

i just want to get paid for being ME too!!;)

By: Lisa Thomas-Tench

Lisa Thomas-Tench — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:36:39 +0000

I guess it is a crowbar in some ways, since these folks have parlayed one form of media (internet) into a breach of a more powerful format (TV). What about people who are just ‘internet famous’? Is that more legitimate? Or are they just worse at monetising their impact? (Or maybe they just don’t care.) I think that there is little inherent value in Tila and Kim except for their visual presence — they don’t have anything to say. Perez is the exception because it’s obviously not his looks he’s getting by on — he’s had a social and cultural impact whether people like it or not, and giving voice to a whole new generation of burgeoning musicians, as well as queer issues.