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Internet Famous! How to become it (even if you're a nobody)

wired.com — Julia Allison can't act. She can't sing. She's not rich. But thanks to a genius for self-promotion, she's become an Internet celebrity.....

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  • pingpants, on 07/15/2008, -3/+3gawker poster girl [fame balls]
  • Androfire, on 07/15/2008, -2/+95Who?
  • bixby1, on 07/15/2008, -3/+15Now if you can just make internet celebrity into internet money. That's the rub.
    • electricwaffles, on 07/15/2008, -0/+11She's probably worth at least four million theoretical dollars.
      • str3ama, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2It's the exchange rate that kills you, 4 million theoretical dollars = -$10.00, so you actually owe 10 dollars.
    • skyz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6exactly

      i'm too lazy to be famous for free
  • RhymeTime, on 07/15/2008, -7/+5Plow if poo can just cake internet celebrity into internet honey. That's the chub.
  • jordankasteler, on 07/15/2008, -3/+15be hot, show *****, talk nerdy and dirty
  • madrigaelic, on 07/15/2008, -12/+2This is a fantastic article. Jason Tanz is a great and natural writer.
  • Haoie, on 07/15/2008, -1/+20Be a camwhore and you're guaranteed to be famous.

    For all the wrong reasons.
    • kendetroit, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2agreed. Camwhore is the way to go. At least they get paid, Scoble.
  • iddybiddy, on 07/15/2008, -0/+39Who the ***** follows these idiots ?
  • sigafoo, on 07/15/2008, -0/+24See that's the problem, then these kinda hot (or square faced girls ala Tila Tequila ) get famous. Whereas guys like me, well... i can talk about *****, and nerdiness. But it tends to get me no where.

    Apparently I need to start dressing in 80's outfits more often.
    Anyway, here's my shot at nothing http://www.youtube.com/sigafoo

    It worked for that webcomic, but probably not for me...
    • shibbyo, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4It's cool dude I'll subscribe to your youtube feed. You're famous in my heart
    • Murdats, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6congratulations, shibbyo is your first stalker :)
      you well on your way to popularity, or a ditch, whichever happens first.
    • borez, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7Dugg up for actually being able to promote your site on Digg without being torn apart.

      + It's kinda funny

      ;0)
      • WriterSD, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1True. No one has succeeded at that before. I think now you qualify as being famous.
  • keatonkeaton998, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9lol, internet
  • lozzobear, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9We have only ourselves to blame.
  • Soave, on 07/15/2008, -0/+23I've never heard of her.
  • supermajic, on 07/15/2008, -0/+12She's ***** useless.
  • KIERANMULLEN, on 07/15/2008, -0/+19Not if I can help it BURY
    • GhostyBoy, on 07/15/2008, -0/+8You've done the right thing.

      If there were more fine gentleman such as yourself I would never have heard of Soulja Boy.
  • Speed, on 07/15/2008, -0/+17When half the people commenting on a story is asking "why the ***** is this bitch", that's usually a sign that she's not really an internet celebrity.
    • keatonkeaton998, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3more than half
    • GhostyBoy, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3I figure you meant "who" not "why", but I like the way you phrased it anyway.
      • Speed, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Yeah, I meant who. Strangely, why works just as well.
  • koft, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9In other words a half decent looking woman with a nice rack can get attention by walking around in public and putting pictures of herself on the internet. Zzzzzzzzz
    • Kallius, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1If she was plain looking, she'd would never have become so popular.
  • jimmick, on 07/15/2008, -1/+12This is why people hate power users.
    Wait wait wait, get your mouse away from that red button, hear me out.
    This user (skored) submits quality content, does the friends dance, networks, diggs, favourites etc.etc.
    Becomes a power user.
    Power user submits terrible article, legions of well wishers digg article.
    Terrible article makes front page.
    Other users see popular user (case in point - mr.babyman)
    Users aspire to be like this user
    Overnetwork, spam friends. (Case in point - I have 150+ fans)
    New algorithm makes it so I need something like 300 diggs to make front page.
    I'll never make front page.
    Power users monopolize.
    Rinse, repeat.
    P.S Could someone please tell Mr. Rose to fix this bouncing comment box glitch.
  • Oddjobber, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1There was a similar article about this in LA, calling them "Style WhyCons" (Cory Kennedy, Audrey Kitching, et al):
    http://losangeles.metromix.com/style/article/style ...
  • skyz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6i'm not interested enough to read 5 pages

    i think the gist of it is 'if you don't have a life you can have a share of mine'
  • ZeRux, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Don't become a digg addict like me.
  • British0zzy, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2tl;dr
  • borez, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9After looking at that birds site, she just seems to come across as a self loving, narcissistic, pain in the arse, me me me nightmare.

    And no, I've never even heard of her.
  • str3ama, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4last thing this world needs is another paris hilton, let alone a paris hilton wannabe.
  • bincoder, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2ugh, internet fame, no thank you.
    Pay me $20,000,000 in advance (US currency or gold ingots only) then I may think about how wonderful 'fame' would be.
    (sorry, we do not accept euros)
  • skcoder, on 07/15/2008, -0/+31. Get a webcam and say you are 16 even though you are 19.
    2. Make the youtube account lonelygirl16 and post stupid videos of your pointless life
    3. ???
    4. Profit!
  • zebraz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4What a bunch of crap.
  • Testiculese, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3I have no idea who this article is talking about.
  • link2009, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Who?????
  • dreesemonkey, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Her? Is she funny or something?

    /ad
  • triPzZz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Oh yeah, her, she's a real big 'internet celebrity' - now, who the ***** is she?
  • n3demonic, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3What What...
  • jktress, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1This chick is the Paris Hilton of the internet.
  • sapphire9488, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Another attention whore, what a surprise. Damn it someone really needs to give these girls a hug or something.
  • Anonchrist, on 07/15/2008, -1/+1Buried for misleading title. We simply cannot become web whores. Most digg users will get nowhere flashing there cleavage, unless it is to numa numa or something equally disgraceful..
  • Hotrox, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I've neither heard of her before nor read the entire article, but I always take offense when someone seemingly receives praise for being a giant camwhore. This "look at me" culture of ours is ***** and it has got to go.
  • WriterSD, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I'm sure being good friends with the sister of the guy who founded Facebook helped her get "followers" too. She's connected to a real Internet celebrity.
  • teethandeyes, on 07/15/2008, -3/+0I wonder if I would be famous if I raped her?
    It would be really easy to find her with all her retarded Twitter updates.
    Time to fish that ski mask out of the closet.
    Look out girl, I'm comin' for dat ass!
    • Anomaly100, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Do you think that's funny? You are just a tiny little man that has a twisted idea that violating a woman is the best thing you can think of to say. What a dumbass..
    • FarOutGrace, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1You have and obvious problem with women. I wouldn't brag.
  • Anomaly100, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Who? Does she make money out of all of this? Pretend money? Who has time for this? Oh yeah, the girl that pretends to be famous.
  • drgonzo33, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I USED to read ValleyWag, they seem to be obsessed with her and report on her every move and buttfart, I have no idea why, then I realized ValleyWag really sucks.. Seems she is "famous" for hanging out with the Facebook dork Zuckerman's sister. So she is trying to be like a really poorman's version of Paris Hilton for nerds, with even less brains and not even as good looking.
    She is just an attention whore. What I would like to know is doesn't Wired Mag have anything else they could do a story on instead of wasting 5 pages on some flash in the pan internet attention whore?
  • borez, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1Second that
  • Tawni, on 07/28/2008, -0/+1I canceled my wired subscription because they put that nobody on the cover.

    She is getting older by the second so of course she is moving to SV to land a husband. All I can say is she is a gold digger.

    To quote Jaime Fox and Kanye West

    She take my money, well I'm in need
    Yeah she's a triflin' friend indeed
    Oh she's a gold digger way over time
    That digs on me

    She will try and say otherwise but we have all seen the emails and heard the stories. Her sad VC crap funded website and "reality" show are a front to land a well known Geek with serious $$$. The poor schlep that falls for her act better be smart enough to yell pre nup. Should be an iron clad one at that as she is a seriously high maintenance woman that will take you for every dime or mac product she can get.
  • olp01, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Man, that angers me. Me and my friends put a lot of works into our videos for nothing >:(
    Well, as the nerdy dude said, here's my shot at nothing as well.
    youtube.com/ohlakewoodproduction
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