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richardhutnik on 09 June 2012
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Kasz216 said:
richardhutnik said:
Kasz216 said:

Well he is quite the looker.


EDIT: As always... are we sure this guy is real?  I don't know how many times i've seen shit like this that's ended up being poorly parody in reality.

 

Not watching it for what is either likely homophobia or made up homophobia.  Both pretty awful.

Apparently he has his own internet radio show.  Unless it is some sort of master plot by a liberal cabal to set him up as a stooge to make Conservatives look bad, he is the actual real thing.  I would say it is more appropriate to think of him as a teen with delusions of grandeur, wanting to be Rush, and finding an outlet, than anything else.  He actually thinks he is serving Jesus by doing this, echoing probably the worst parts of Conservative and GOP politics, because he has been rewarded to do so by having a way to pay attention to him.


That's the part that's confusing to me. I mean... how does a 14 year old have a seemingly successful radio show. I mean, he has an interview with Herman Cain? How the hell does that happen? There are successful conservative and liberal pundits who can legally drink and can't get a podcast off the ground. While this guy has a podcast, radio show that according to his website is "syndicated by several radio stations", endorsements and a website that seems a little too put together. If I cared more i'd listen to that and try and see if it really was herman cain but i'm not exactly an expert on how he talks. (I mean, after all there have to have been literally dozens of internet radio shows Herman Cain hasn't been on. So why should i believe he's been on one?) Then he gets hacked and loses his archives. Did this happen before or after the Obama created gays event? EDIT: and the Herman Cain interview is no longer up due to him being hacked... to me this just seems crazy.

One of the principles in promotion, I believe, is the "Freak  show effect".  By being an outlier, you are more likely to get attention, and an audience.  The fact he is who his is, isn't common.  If you are normal, and yet the same, you just don't get anywhere, even if you are real good.  You need a hook, or angle, to do it.  Him being young does it.  People in that circuit feel inspired by him so they also show up.  This is what I call "the Freak Show effect" in that you are an outlier.

This can also be seen with myself getting a game published.  My game J, which got published in Games Magazine, is an outlier.  It has misere win conditions, which isn't in any other game.  It is also part of a series of games on half a checkerboard, again a space that is an outlier.  When attempted to be played, it is hard to get a grasp around what to do, because it also violates a lot of normal conventions in games like Hex.  End result, it got noticed.

So, promotion principle: Do NOT be a commodity.