The pursuit of microfame delivered fame’s costs without its rewards
Evidence
That was the utopian version. In actuality, fame, or the hunger for it, would become something of a pandemic, swallowing up more and more people and leaving them with the scars of chronic attention-whoredom. Ironically, though few of the traditional rewards of fame were forthcoming, more of the costs were. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 1032
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Tech scene micro-celebrity made fame itself the goal, detached from accomplishment — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 275; Micro-celebrity transforms personalities without offering the protective infrastructure of mainstream fame — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 408; Micro-celebrities rarely achieve real fame’s financial rewards without external legitimization. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 348 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Micro-celebrity success brings psychic damage that can outweigh its rewards
#corroborates(0.85) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 319 - Micro-celebrity transforms personalities without offering the protective infrastructure of mainstream fame
#corroborates(0.82) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 408 - Micro-celebrities rarely achieve real fame’s financial rewards without external legitimization.
#expands(0.78) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 348