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Comment by haram_masala | Hacker News Reader

Those rates seem really low, for some reason. Anthony Scaramucci, who was a big-time trader at GS and then started his own fund, will record one of those messages for fifty bucks? I don't get it. And just being on this platforms seems to put a specific dollar figure on one's dignity.

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For “The Mooch” it’s probably an addiction to attention that’s driving his Cameo participation.

He could also just be getting paid $200 for his $50 cameo. Why would this be any different than the other VC subsidized consumer focused services?

I hadn’t thought of that, you could be exactly right. In fact that should be the default assumption.

Some of these lower tier celebrities like interacting with fans, like a lot of celebrities aren't that popular or rich enough to have people manage their social media for them and are the ones actually interacting with online fans... or critics.

Think about how many clips they can do in an hour. At say, < 5min/clip you can maybe do 10/hr.

Have a few hours on a morning/evening spare? Easily a few $1000

But would Scaramucci notice the extra $500 from devoting an hour to reading scripts? I doubt he gets an enormous number of requests anyway. If it's an ego thing, surely that's cancelled out by the amount people are actually willing to pay for his greetings being substantially less than the cheapest Pro voiceover actors on Fiverr.

Might make a lot more sense for the sort of artists that get a lot more TV/radio/YouTube exposure than actual income, but even some of them might wonder if they're devaluing their ability to charge much bigger bucks for endorsements and ads

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