Flickrebrity

I hate undue celebrity being foisted upon the latest reality tv star, so it’s with a heavy heart I’ve started to use the term ‘Flickebrity’ - but I think this is due. 

With a few exceptions - fame (or infamy) on Flickr is generally gained through talent, creativity and a talent for effective socialising. I accept that, whilst I have a natty habit of getting things done around the photo-sharing site, that I’m far from having some form of celebrity status.

I used the term originally to describe Cybergabi and Tootdood - both who came by their status by posting interesting imagery in an almost soap opera way - by giving us a glance into an edited version of their daily life through the ‘365′ images they have posted daily.

I realise that their celebrity is limited and it is closer to local renown than anything else - local being their social network sphere, rather geographically but it is great to see that people can achieve some level of fame from more than ‘right place, right time’ methods generally found in the mainstream broadcast media.