Non-celebrities lack the resilience that fame traditionally builds over time
Evidence
Celebrities have had to live with this kind of nonsense for decades, which explains why some of them pull out of society entirely and become completely anti-social. Perhaps, some argue, they bring it on themselves by seeking fame. But for people in Silicon Valley, who are not celebrities and who have no desire other than to build a great startup, a post on Valleywag comes as a huge shock. Seeing [their] marriage woes, DUI or employment termination up on a popular public website (permanently indexed by search engines) is simply more than they can handle. They have not had the ramp up time to build resistance to the attacks. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 362
Categorization
- SEED: Possible essay angle: the ‘ramp-up time’ thesis — internet-era exposure arrives without the gradual toughening that celebrity culture historically provided; what it means for modern online harassment more broadly.
- XREF: connects to: Micro-celebrity transforms personalities without offering the protective infrastructure of mainstream fame — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 408; Micro-celebrity success brings psychic damage that can outweigh its rewards — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 319; Internet fame is neither universally desired nor reliably sustainable. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 183
Broader Connections
- Micro-celebrity transforms personalities without offering the protective infrastructure of mainstream fame
#responds-to(0.82) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 408 - Micro-celebrity success brings psychic damage that can outweigh its rewards
#complicates(0.78) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 319