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

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 views. She started out becoming a force to …read more