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Sex Lives of the Microfamous

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
Organizer Nick Douglas Fimoculous
Description What kind of person talks about their sex and dating life on the internet? Someone desperate for attention? Or someone who already has lots of it? For the microfamous, having a relationship in public is as much a potential career boost as it as a vulnerability.
Questions
Answered
  1. How do we define microcelebrity?
  2. How is oversharing integral to microcelebrity?
  3. What do the microfamous get out of oversharing?
  4. What's the difference between having a life online and microcelebrity?
  5. How do you deal with having a relationship in front of an audience?
  6. Can microcelebrities only date each other?
  7. How does being a microcelebrity change what you can reveal online?
  8. How do you stop the fameball -- accelerating attention and fame -- and maintain a private life when everyone thinks they know you?
  9. How do you negotiate, as or when dating a microcelebrity, what you can reveal about one another online?
  10. How is sharing your sex life with a fanbase ever worth it?
Level Intermediate
Category Human / Social Issues