Camgirl culture faded as social networking services absorbed its functions

Evidence

There are at least three reasons for the fading of the camgirl phenomenon as it existed at the end of the 20th century. The first, discussed above, was the cultural saturation of webcams beyond early adopters. The second has to do with the rapid rise of broadband penetration around the world. The third was the rise of social networking services that now easily support text, still images, audio and video. Among camgirls, the blogging service of choice still remains LiveJournal, which prior to the advent of MySpace and Facebook was the “largest structured networked community online,” hosting approximately 13 million journals. Even when they abandon their webcams, camgirls still continue to keep their social networks alive, a fact which will become obvious toward the end of this book. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 117

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the well-traced arc of early webcam and blogging cultures being subsumed by centralized platforms like LiveJournal, MySpace, and Facebook. — connects to: Press reports of early camgirl traffic varied wildly and inaccurately — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 185

Broader Connections

• Press reports of early camgirl traffic varied wildly and inaccurately #qualifies (0.75) — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 185