While it’s great to have plenty of page views, subscribers, etc I wouldn’t consider those a sign of success.

There’s something correct about the difference between “niche” and “general,” but I don’t know how obvious it is. Thanks for your thoughts, I really have to think about this more.

I mean, there’s a lot on the table above, I haven’t kept all the issues straight. But I think we have to argue for Day: what she did isn’t easy, not by longshot, yet we’ve found ways of not valuing it and dismissing it that are very artificial.

I gave it some thought and I think the thoughts might be getting mixed here for me.

You asked what success is on the internet, and as a blogger, there are statistics as in how many people view your video, or subscribes to your blog or knows your name on Twitter.

But success on the internet is another thought entirely.

To have that success transferred and cultivated outside the internet, say landing acting gigs for Day, or to be considered as one might say prestigious as having the kind of success one associates with a Harvard degree, is difficult.

A Harvard degree is more general as a sign of success. You go somewhere and you say you graduated from Harvard, they immediately know you either have money, connections, or brains, or a combination of those 3 things.

Success on the internet is more specific and pigeonholes you into what you were famous for, be it Day’s hit Youtube Video, and people cannot imagine you doing anything else, because you are “the girl in that video”.

Success on the internet doesn’t seem to transfer very well outside the virtual realm, other than just having your mug shot recognized easily or to be able to parlay that into small business deals (there was a girl who did makeup tutorials who ended up with her own skincare line), and from there, you can then grow your “real world” persona into a recognized success as well.

Sorry for the uber long comment! :)
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