Insider status in tech scenes requires neutralizing one’s awe of celebrities

Evidence

Beyond simply correctly identifying micro-celebrities, an insider must transition from viewing them with awe, to feeling neutrally about them, and, for those with the highest status, to seeing them as peers and friends. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 325

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what separates an insider from an outsider in micro-celebrity ecology: not just recognition but affective neutrality.
• XREF: connects to: Exotic internet celebrity arises from gaps in cultural capital between performer and audience. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 109