Monday, September 24, 2007
Lonely Girl or lonely viewers?
The fact that a video diary of a young girl could attract so much attention is not surprising in the least. I think that there must be a lot of lonely cyber geeks in the world for this to get so much attention. I cant believe how bored people are with thier lives that they would become so emotionally invested in someone else's that may or may not be real. After all it did say in the article that there was not one, but two sites devoted to this young girl.
"Both sites drew contributions from novelists, journalists, academics, day traders, lawyers, bloggers, filmmakers, video game designers, students, housewives, bored youngsters and experts on religion and botany."
I think that it is safe to say that most of those viewers were 30 to 40 year old men who do nothing all day but surf the net for the most obscure viewing material there is. I also think that it would be safe to say that many of these men were doing more than just watching this thought to be young girl in the privacy of thier home. Im sure that many of them were fantasizing about meeting this lonelygirl and making all her loneliness go away. Get a hobby guys, but most of all, get a girlfriend!!
"Both sites drew contributions from novelists, journalists, academics, day traders, lawyers, bloggers, filmmakers, video game designers, students, housewives, bored youngsters and experts on religion and botany."
I think that it is safe to say that most of those viewers were 30 to 40 year old men who do nothing all day but surf the net for the most obscure viewing material there is. I also think that it would be safe to say that many of these men were doing more than just watching this thought to be young girl in the privacy of thier home. Im sure that many of them were fantasizing about meeting this lonelygirl and making all her loneliness go away. Get a hobby guys, but most of all, get a girlfriend!!
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This by far was a sneaky and most of all evil way to get money. The creators of Lonely Girl knew that if they launched a site about a lonely female internet user looking to escape with the love of her life, like in the song "Young Turks", the lonely guys of the internet would come flocking and credit cards would be melting everywhere. From a marketing perspective, it was a good money making scheme, but from a moral perspective, it was a damnation by my standards.
An interesting exchange.
Can we reduce the story of Lonelygirl15 to the exploitation of lonely men alone in their rooms? Manufacturing "real" characters for profit and pubilicity is now quite common online. As the web becomes just another marketing medium will it lose its potiential for honest discussion and creativity?
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Can we reduce the story of Lonelygirl15 to the exploitation of lonely men alone in their rooms? Manufacturing "real" characters for profit and pubilicity is now quite common online. As the web becomes just another marketing medium will it lose its potiential for honest discussion and creativity?
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