Is fame a road to happiness ?

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I seem to think that some people using Instagram want to achieve a form of mini-fame and it envies me a little because I don't use it and I seem to feel I don't want to take selfies of myself because I seem to think I'm not that attractive or take pictures of hobbies I do and stuff and that I was already doing on other social media platforms to get comments and get lots of friends and it eventually it frustrated me and then stopped doing as much and instead just let friends or family tag me in pictures of me in the photos they took. It also makes me slightly jealous that I can't sing when I'm listening to a band I like at a live show and seeing the roar of the crowd in response.

It can lead to a certain kind of happiness, I think. But not necessarily a healthy one.

It can be if it's the kind of fame as one wants. Stuff like putting lots of pics and videos to Instagram can be considered a hobby, and usually people only keep hobbies they like, so if someone does something they already like and can get the kind of positive attention they like for it, why would they not be happy about it? Of course, even if people are happy about that attention, they can have other aspects of their life that aren't well, so they might not be happy as a whole. Or they could get the wrong kind of attention, like lots of sexual comments, so while the right kind of attention would make them happy, the wrong kind does the opposite.

Is anyone on this website "famous"?

If so then only they can answer your question.

Not necessarily. Being famous means a lot of pressure to maintain that status and potentially being surrounded by fans rather than friends. It can be lonely in that sense, surrounded by the masses but lacking a personal connection to them. Especially if you have to change your art or repeat a song performance that you now dislike performing because your audience likes it but you're sick of it. I know celebrities (not personally, obviously) like Bo Burnham and Emma Blackery have talked about having a love-hate relationship with their audience.

I sometimes think about the line "When you become untouchable, you're unable to touch" from the song My Ordinary Life by The Living Tombstone.

Depends on the person.

If it's the sole source of one's validation and self esteem and it's for the sake of that alone, it won't be very healthy.
If it's for entertainment sake or business and that happened to be the person's passion, that's usually the most ideal.

There are people whose passion is to socialize, share, systemize or host massive audiences than merely gather followers and attention for ego's sake.
There's a lot of difference from the two.


Otherwise...
It's actually different from having been surrounded by people who unconditionally accepts and respects the person in question.



Personally, having many followers is a headache. An even bigger headache maintaining it.
And an even bigger headache playing with the algorithms against one's own terms.

It doesn't matter what the platform is, it's a headache.

Also not all influencers and users with massive audiences leads pleasant lives because of that fame. Some had gone too far because of that fame.


Anyways.
I know at least 4 ways to have more followers.

2 of which is questionable;
One would involve buying them.
And another would be sharing an already viral content (be it compilation of memes, various children videos, certain reaction videos, famous music, etc) that do not belong to you.

The other 2 is legitimate; like many things, it requires work and luck.
One requires networking. It can range from actual series of socialization, to being a middle/mutual person of mutual interest/s.
Another requires a niche, usually original content that do attract attention out of curiosity or interest.

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If it were, celebrity suicides wouldn't be a thing.

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It often is an addiction. Makes one high for awhile but ends is misery as one needs more and more until life is spending 99 Percent of the time chasing it.

You can't measure happiness

Some famous people were not happy. For example robin Williams

Fame has advantage and disadvantages

For example paparazzi