Celebrity status is something a lot of people want and only a few get, but in today's world more and more people are finding this so called "fame" all from an app on their phone. whether it may be Facebook, Instagram, or even snapchat day by day more people are finding ways to get their personality out there and in some cases the turnover has been amazing. Now most celebs are famous for a reason, they are artists, athletes, actors and they have a skill that not every one else does. In this social media world we are seeing people go viral over a single phrase they said or even just a dance that they might have done and they can even go on and create a career out of it. Now people might thing that sure they might have the fame but they do not have the fortune and this is where it gets interesting. Things like running ads on their page or promoting a product can net them anywhere between 1000-3000 USD an ad and that is a lot of money looking at how much work was put in. Another facet of this is the youtube culture where you see influencers get as many as 55 million subscribers by putting out simple gaming videos or comedy sketches. They are slowly learning to create a brand out of themselves, selling merchandise to there fans and in some cases they go on onto bigger and better things. Is this where we are heading, internet fame? It certainly has it's benefits but it is not easy to get to that spot, there has to be something there that makes people coming back just like anything in this world. Now where it gets interesting is back where i am from and thats the middle east. Day by day more and more people are getting famous just off of snapchat alone, they are getting to do ads every day and they are seeing the rewards from it. Not only that but business are rising because of this new found culture agency's are battling over these people as to who gets to represent them. The scary part is that this has been going on for just the last five years and i can't imagine what's next. All in all we now have a way to put ourselves out there independently and a lot of good can come out of it.
Your take on becoming social media 'famous' is an interesting read. I like how you incorporate your own opinions on social media and how anyone can become famous due to a single post or video. What do you think will happen to social media in 5 years?
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, Bader! But the million dollar question is...how do these people do it? I hope you can enlighten me so I can try it myself :-).
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