The Fame Game: Smaller and Quicker on the Internet
According to Rex Sorgatz’s article “The Microfame Game” over at nymag.com there are five steps to getting famous on the internet:
- 1. Self-publish
2. Stylize
3. Overshare
4. Respond
5. Ally
6. Diversify
7. Create Controversy
8. Persist
Sound familiar anyone? (re: Step Three: “The Jedi Knight of the oversharing craft is Julia Allison”). Sorgatz himself has had some experience with this phenomenon, having found online fame after a run-in with “Prairie Home Companion” host Garrison Keillor.
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