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Josh Crowley (@jdcrowley) @joshcrowley.bsky.social

I do think the democratization of “celebrity” has a lot of upsides in terms of bypassing the gatekeeping of lottery industries, but it also means that “guy who went viral for videos where he hits homeless people in the balls and then pays them $5,000” is like our generation’s Rock Hudson or whatever

aug 26, 2025, 1:33 pm • 0 0

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Josh Crowley (@jdcrowley) @joshcrowley.bsky.social

You’re right that it’s also extremely weird that online video/audio production has all been enveloped by this catch-all monolith term “creator”, whereas in the past we wouldn’t treat actors and newscasters and reality TV contestants and game show hosts as all the same one category.

aug 26, 2025, 1:43 pm • 0 0 • view