How teenagers handle the web's instant fame
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Not so sure that's fair: I see this a lot with young 'stars' being 'talentless', in this case, being smart enough (both to use it for a good cause and to be able to use it in this way) to capitalize on her 'fame' "to generate money and attention for earthquake relief for Japan" or raise money "for Cystic Fibrosis Walk" is pretty impressive, and remember, she is 14 years old; I don't think most in her situation wouldn't be capable of doing that.
EDIT: I just felt like adding this because I see this sort of thing a lot, sure, she may not have demonstrated talent in the video but what she's done afterwards has definitely demonstrated that she's a smart kid, and, 'sly bashing' like that is so unnecessary (and prevalent).
She gained my respect, it's basic marketing 101 but even grown adults trying to market a company often don't have this type of intuition to capture marketing/relationship leads whilst the buzz is still hot.
"The thing about this that fascinates me is there is no pose here, no ego and none of those horrendous qualities that you see in a lot of the young people who seek out attention on the Internet. She was never supposed to be famous. Cinkle was just a friend of Black's who was invited to be in the video, and given practically no direction. When all of this unearned and decidedly negative attention crashed down on her, she turned it into something entirely positive -- most of her FB and Tumblr followers are people who started out making fun of her (myself included). How many people could manage to do that at any age?
I was won over when someone asked her 'Why are you so awkward??' and she responded:'Um, because I'm 13 (:'"
posted by hermitosis at 3:34 PM on June 25 http://www.metafilter.com/104932/The-REAL-Queen-of-the-Inter...
Andy Warhol was right, and here we are.
Indeed, capitalising on those 15 minutes, and making money out of it while you can is a good idea.
What is really new is that people can become celebrities just by deciding they want to (or sometimes without even that), it doesn't neccesarily require marketing, TV exposure, etc.