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squish--squash · 10 months ago

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I think it would be interesting if there was like, a documentary or smth like a deep dive focused on the phenomenon I like to dub the "monkey's paw" of the internet which is where a content creator quickly rises to fame/quickly becomes popular but are then pitted against so much slander, controversies, hate, and/or discourse that it either ruins that person's content creating career or damages it to a degree that will never be fixed

because it keeps happening. over and over I've seen content creators suddenly rise out of the depths and gain masses of followers only for it to topple like a poorly-played jenga tower only a few years later due to controversies and hate. meanwhile, other content creators build a following in a slow, steady way where while they might not be that known, the people who do know them support them wholeheartedly.

And I want to know WHY this keeps happening. I have a lot of theories on this (jealousy of success breeding extreme hate, sudden fame clouding judgement and leading to poor decisions, the lack of trust the apprehension more and more people are having towards newer famous people nowadays, etc) but it would be nice to once day get more than just these theories on why this keeps happening, and if this "trend" will ever stop or just get worse as time progresses

#one of the biggest reasons I think this happens honestly is because of this:#the ccs that build followings over a span of years and years before achieving 'popularity' have a more solid community #that's been built on a strong and steady foundation of mutual trust and respect #there's less of a gap between the creator and the viewer.#meanwhile the ccs that blow up early don't have this luxury for the most part. they become popular so fast and so rapidly #there's not enough time to establish that strong foundation that the 'smaller' ccs already have #and there's a large gap between cc and the fans as the cc is idolized and the cc can't keep up with the sheer number of fans to establish a #truer connection with them. like sure they'll get fanart and fan content and whatnot. but it doesn't feel the same #so when a 'smaller' cc makes a mistake they're more likely to be forgiven bc of that stronger community and connection #but when the quick-to-rise cc makes a mistake? combining what I said earlier with the sheer amount of people who hate the cc #just for getting famous quickly... best case scenario there's just mild discourse and 'antis' yelling they knew the cc was the devil or smt #worst case scenario.... well. we've all seen stuff like that happen on multiple occasions. haven't we?

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