Internet Celebrity

Ramble about whether internet celebrity means anything and what exactly is the 'Youtube Community' - who does it affect, does it really exist and what influence does it have in the wider world? I have no answers.

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People & Blogs

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• youtube
• community
• celebrity
• internet
• fame
• media
• eliseharris
• Video
• Blog

[jomen112]

Imo, there is the old media and the new media. The old media decided who becomes a celebrity basically by giving them air time and promote them in different way with the old media. This is the way it always been working. With the new media there exist no such driving force, hence nobody become a celebrity - unless the old media picks them and makes them one.

[Eliseharris]

Very true - the old media still decides who becomes a 'celebrity'. Unfotunately the calibre of celebrities has plummeted recently! And the only new people who get to be celebrities are those who have the most famous relatives, the least class and the most ridiculous love lives. Actual achievement has ceased to count. It's just a thing that gets in the way of reporting sleaze.

[ROBwithaB]

I think the whole "community" aspect of YouYube is over-rated. I'm not really into social networking in any way. I'm almost grateful that South Africa doesn't have a paretnership program, thereby sparing me the burden of having to attend gatherings and be a "mentor" to newbies.

YouTube is a mechanism for collating and disseminating entertainment.

I try to be entertaining.

If people enjoy it, they'll watch.

I don't need to be best friends forever with the audience.

Yeah, I'm a grumpy old fart.

[Eliseharris]

I don't think anyone has ever considered me a mentor! I tend to turn up at these gatherings and get embarrassed that I know nobody and nobody knows me, before slinking off again.

[ROBwithaB]

I used to have sync problems when I was editing in Windows Movie Maker, especially because I needed to do file conversions to import from the Sony HandyCam.

Eventually I stumped up for the starter version of Sony Vegas and all the problems went away.

Don't know if that helps....

[camaro02girl]

Hi Im gay or str8, I hate youtube. your pretty. Im crazy.

[Eliseharris]

No, no, not dry at all. I believe you are right about videoblogging and other internet videos - what it sometimes lacks in polish it often makes up for in passion.

[DragonsTooth]

Ugh! Doesn't the comment i just made sound awful dry. Well, it's just basicly reassuring to her someone witter on about things too :-)

[DragonsTooth]

Watching youtubers is a cathartic alternative to watching celebrities on TV for me (i mean the videoblogging youtubers at least). Most television embitters me these days. I don't really want a polished product anymore. Some of the most affecting or interesting art and comedy happens when the maker stumbles upon something that their audience can relate to and videoblogging has moments like these is abundance.

[GalacticalBliss]

Your welcome. You have talent my dear. You gave me a good laugh ceiling creatures and mice lol. I sense a bit of Seinfeld in your humor, as you amusingly discuss the nuances of everyday life.