After a certain point in popularity it is assumed the celeb is going to sooner or later:
Be doxxed
Have death threats thrown at them
Be sexually harassed
Have police called on them
Then we have all the Vtubers who are Hannah Monatanning it up and straight chilling. Ironmouse has never been swatted, but by God some people would if they could, and others would probably show up at her house to show their “love”.
Dream is an example of someone who shouldn’t have let out who he was IMO because the attacks against him seemed to become a lot more real once there was a real human name, face, and location. Like I would have gone to the grave as Dream with how many people hated him before his face reveal.
krashmo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I can tell I’m getting old because I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything by not having a clue what this post is about. I’m actually kind of proud of the fact that this all reads like a foreign language to me.
nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Hannah Montana was a Disney show where a girl was a popstar under a different name and wig so she could be a normal person when she wasn’t performing. VTubers, like Ironmouse that op referenced, are streamers that essentially play characters rather than being themselves in order to preserve their anonymity. They have cameras that track their movement, but rather than just stream the feed of the camera, they map that movement on an avatar, usually a 3d anime girl.
ericbomb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
We also have hand youtubers! Or animators abimate their avatars.
A few like legit musicians also hide their face while performing to make it hard to be recognized, but don’t go full Hannah Montana and their real names are known.
Lauchs@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thank you, I was super confused.
dustyData@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hanna Montana is a 2006 show. Most of it’s fan base would all be approaching 30 by this point.
ericbomb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Oof calling my 29 yo butt out
Fisk400@feddit.nu 5 months ago
I’ve never understood people that feel the need to brag about not knowing about things. If you dont care about it why waste the time to be smug about it. Who is the performative ignorance for?
krashmo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’re in a community dedicated to sharing random thoughts. I shared mine. The logic isn’t hard to follow despite how much you seem to want to be the gatekeeper of acceptable speech.
ericbomb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m afraid it weirdly impacts everyone.
With how many celebs are getting harassed, more and more are probably going to hide their identities. Hannah Montana was just an early 2000s show about a pop star who put on a wig and fake name to perform and no one knew who she was.
Here are like even some more main stream hidden identities. They seem to leak eventually, but it gets them a lot less attention on the streets.
brightside.me/…/what-8-famous-people-whove-been-h…
Vtubers are just youtubers who have an avatar instead of showing their face, and some refuse to even give their real name.
We also have hand youtubers like Lock picking lawyer, who hide his identity to avoid harassment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJrSWXFXvlE&ab_channe…
FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ya but like, who cares?
Zorque@kbin.social 5 months ago
I, too, am proud of my own ignorance.
stockRot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Good for you, oldie
oldGregg@lemm.ee 5 months ago
ericbomb@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And stage face, or no face.
Like Lock Picking lawyer just has no known footage of his face as a hand youtuber.