What interesting thoughts, and it has got me thinking way outside my first intention, which I suppose was simply to find someone pretty prolific/'known' to show her a good example...
First of all isn't it interesting that I felt the need to show her someone 'famous' as if that validated them, or would excite her more, or I suppose carried some sort of authority 'less known' bloggers have... I suppose that is indeed part of our cultural thinking. But it's true, vblogging raises some interesting issues around fame. In the past 'fame' was often the only thing that allowed people to have their voice listened to and credited on a large scale. Of course in some ways everyone can now be 'famous' in that context and very quickly get a following on the net undependent on media or PR spin or institutions... but by the same logic I suppose 'fame' as the concept we are used to therefore does not really exist on the net in the same way, as it is much more consumer and content driven... in vblogs are the conversations , movements and communities more important/famous than the individuals? But then you've got someone like Perez Hilton who is using blogs to talk all about fame, and ironically then becomes famous himself... Don't quite know what I'm concluding here - nothing I suppose - but it's really making me think so please chip in and keep talking!
