Comments on: The future belongs to the uninhibited http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/05/03/the-future-belongs-to-the-uninhibited/ Rebecca Cottrell's blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:58:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rebecca Cottrell http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/05/03/the-future-belongs-to-the-uninhibited/#comment-615 Rebecca Cottrell Sat, 24 May 2008 21:26:24 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/?p=95#comment-615 Hi Robin, You're right: I do think it's about finding a voice. But isn't being heard a level of fame? Having a voice is a level of fame, subscribers / visitors / commentators on your blog: a level of fame. It's a matter of gaining notoriety in a community, which is a product of self-expression. Perhaps those who use the internet as a platform for self-expression aren't aiming for fame, but that it's sometimes a product. Rebecca Hi Robin,

You’re right: I do think it’s about finding a voice.

But isn’t being heard a level of fame? Having a voice is a level of fame, subscribers / visitors / commentators on your blog: a level of fame.

It’s a matter of gaining notoriety in a community, which is a product of self-expression. Perhaps those who use the internet as a platform for self-expression aren’t aiming for fame, but that it’s sometimes a product.

Rebecca

]]> By: Robin http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/2008/05/03/the-future-belongs-to-the-uninhibited/#comment-612 Robin Fri, 23 May 2008 23:49:21 +0000 http://www.rebeccacottrell.co.uk/blog/?p=95#comment-612 I think that most people, in particular teenagers, don't have the necessarily high levels of self esteem required to think they have something worth showing the world, much less something they can become famous by showing. Maybe it's not about being famous, but about having a voice. About getting noticed. About "being someone". That very basic human need to have other people who give a toss. Website visitors, rss subscribers, commenters - they all fill that gap, at least in part. Fame is, I'm sure, a motivating factor for some but I reckon most just want to say something and to have that something heard - by two or four or twenty-seven people they know or could get to know. You mention the need for individuality. I think that, rather than a desire to be famous, which is essentially exhibitionism, drives most of the serial self-documentation that goes on. That and it's kinda fun. I think that most people, in particular teenagers, don’t have the necessarily high levels of self esteem required to think they have something worth showing the world, much less something they can become famous by showing.

Maybe it’s not about being famous, but about having a voice. About getting noticed. About “being someone”. That very basic human need to have other people who give a toss. Website visitors, rss subscribers, commenters - they all fill that gap, at least in part.

Fame is, I’m sure, a motivating factor for some but I reckon most just want to say something and to have that something heard - by two or four or twenty-seven people they know or could get to know.

You mention the need for individuality. I think that, rather than a desire to be famous, which is essentially exhibitionism, drives most of the serial self-documentation that goes on. That and it’s kinda fun.

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