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the tumblr fame experience is an interesting one. like a walk down venice beach and spotting the crowd-gathering geeks doing what they do best: artistry. some have big crowds, some have little crowds; there’s no formula for either. some of the geeks are swallowing chicken heads and thus by the relationship of the lowest common denominator of entertainment, they’re amazing thousands that can’t turn away. other geeks are showing off party tricks, ripping out their hearts; learned from the psychic surgeons. these, too, can amaze crowds. some geeks just figured out how to bend spoons while another has tourette’s limited to 140 characters.
it’s cute. it’s really cute, in fact, that it’s endearing. in our mid-20’s, we’re revealing stuff to others that normal people usually reserve for a pint at a dive bar. our angst, anxiety, anger, loneliness, emptiness, sadness all manifested as words, photos, sayings, websites, transcripts, music, and youtubes. i feel okay knowing that there are others out there facing the world the same way. but the ticking clock is always there. would this still be cute when we’re 30? julia allison is the road sign that shows you the offramp.
one leads you, if you stick with this, whatever this is, to a path where maybe you can earn a pretty coin leveraging your audience of thousands into some book, some show, some petty referral ad dollars. the other road is where you’ll finally get what you’ve been denied: a real world job, settlement on love, kids, and a spot on unhappy hipsters. in five years, a lot of you on here will be making that choice. tumblr isn’t going to be as fun when it’s just a buncha old people talking about cats with funny texts or insidery celebrity gossip all day inside a cafe. or, maybe it’ll be just as cute as when i was stuck in a party where all everyone talked about was mortgage products.
i’m trying really hard to find new content, good content. the people on tumblr that don’t have an audience and they just keep chugging it away, with or without the merit of an audience. they do it because that’s just their personality. and the real artists, the one that persevere and last, whether you have just one person or a million, whether you make money or not, whether you end up being illegit, i wish you resolve. the world needs more unboring artistry that can’t be stuffed into round hole directory categories.

We now have a tangible, distinguishable manifestation that allows us to denote the leaders, the followers, and the outskirts. Tumblr is cute for those that recycle content -reblogging posts with images, sound, and text. The recyclers are the followers -they do not contribute anything new or interesting for the rest of the world to feast upon, but rather feed them scraps of afterthoughts to starve upon. For those that create that which we consume -ideas, quotes, images, soundtracks for our very own little lives- Tumblr (and other outlets) are tools that carve up and distribute their creations. These are the leaders of both the physical world and the digital world that exists within the Cloud. Occasionally, the leaders follow other leaders, but most followers remain followers as they rechew the little gems of the leaders and somehow gain followers of their own. Then there are the outskirts, for whom social media is merely an outlet of expression.
So… Yes, the merits of an audience are indeed up for debate, but whether or not social media become tiresome once you hit 30 remains entirely dependent on how and why you utilize it and what you contribute via your use of it.

alaskamiller:

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the tumblr fame experience is an interesting one. like a walk down venice beach and spotting the crowd-gathering geeks doing what they do best: artistry. some have big crowds, some have little crowds; there’s no formula for either. some of the geeks are swallowing chicken heads and thus by the relationship of the lowest common denominator of entertainment, they’re amazing thousands that can’t turn away. other geeks are showing off party tricks, ripping out their hearts; learned from the psychic surgeons. these, too, can amaze crowds. some geeks just figured out how to bend spoons while another has tourette’s limited to 140 characters.

it’s cute. it’s really cute, in fact, that it’s endearing. in our mid-20’s, we’re revealing stuff to others that normal people usually reserve for a pint at a dive bar. our angst, anxiety, anger, loneliness, emptiness, sadness all manifested as words, photos, sayings, websites, transcripts, music, and youtubes. i feel okay knowing that there are others out there facing the world the same way. but the ticking clock is always there. would this still be cute when we’re 30? julia allison is the road sign that shows you the offramp.

one leads you, if you stick with this, whatever this is, to a path where maybe you can earn a pretty coin leveraging your audience of thousands into some book, some show, some petty referral ad dollars. the other road is where you’ll finally get what you’ve been denied: a real world job, settlement on love, kids, and a spot on unhappy hipsters. in five years, a lot of you on here will be making that choice. tumblr isn’t going to be as fun when it’s just a buncha old people talking about cats with funny texts or insidery celebrity gossip all day inside a cafe. or, maybe it’ll be just as cute as when i was stuck in a party where all everyone talked about was mortgage products.

i’m trying really hard to find new content, good content. the people on tumblr that don’t have an audience and they just keep chugging it away, with or without the merit of an audience. they do it because that’s just their personality. and the real artists, the one that persevere and last, whether you have just one person or a million, whether you make money or not, whether you end up being illegit, i wish you resolve. the world needs more unboring artistry that can’t be stuffed into round hole directory categories.

We now have a tangible, distinguishable manifestation that allows us to denote the leaders, the followers, and the outskirts. Tumblr is cute for those that recycle content -reblogging posts with images, sound, and text. The recyclers are the followers -they do not contribute anything new or interesting for the rest of the world to feast upon, but rather feed them scraps of afterthoughts to starve upon. For those that create that which we consume -ideas, quotes, images, soundtracks for our very own little lives- Tumblr (and other outlets) are tools that carve up and distribute their creations. These are the leaders of both the physical world and the digital world that exists within the Cloud. Occasionally, the leaders follow other leaders, but most followers remain followers as they rechew the little gems of the leaders and somehow gain followers of their own. Then there are the outskirts, for whom social media is merely an outlet of expression.

So… Yes, the merits of an audience are indeed up for debate, but whether or not social media become tiresome once you hit 30 remains entirely dependent on how and why you utilize it and what you contribute via your use of it.

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