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haven't heard many stories about celebrities being spat on lately..

No, you're right. They've only been stalked, threatened, had pictures taken of them every time they go to the beach, been the butt of jokes on TV every single night, sometimes been assaulted, kidnapped, or shot. But thankfully I can't remember any of them getting some saliva on them lately!

I'm not saying the life of a celebrity is a living hell. I'm just saying there are thousands of people who already deal with the downside of a huge audience, and tech reporters will have to learn how to do the same. That's a pain, we all wish it could be otherwise, but it's not like Michael Arrington has to put up with half the crap that anyone with a hit song or TV show goes through.

It isn't a celebrities job to listen to feedback from the public, so they are safe to ignore it and actively fight it as much as they want. It is the job of someone like Arrington to wade through the morass of hatefilled comments, while putting on an approachable as possible front, though. Can you see the impact is different in either case?

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