[HN Gopher] Cameo's CEO on how he plans to disrupt Hollywood
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Cameo's CEO on how he plans to disrupt Hollywood
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Date : 2020-06-22 18:18 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| ineedasername wrote:
| The venn diagram of contract workers is not a perfect overlap
| with "gig" work. Just because you're self-employed, selling your
| services to others on a contract basis, doesn't make that gig
| work.
| TallGuyShort wrote:
| Other than the fact that celebrities have more unique value
| (however superficial or subjective) to bring than a typical gig
| worker brings to say, Uber, what else do you think defines gig
| work?
| notatoad wrote:
| >Just because you're self-employed, selling your services to
| others on a contract basis, doesn't make that gig work.
|
| doesn't it? as far as i can tell, the only distinction between
| "gig economy" and contract workers is that contract workers
| actually get paid at rates that make it sustainable and that
| being between contracts isn't a catastrophe, whereas jobs
| classed as "gig economy" pay low enough to keep the workers
| desperate for the next gig.
| eswat wrote:
| Most gig work is done through middlemen/platforms where only
| some contract work like that exists and typically for longer
| engagements (ie: through agencies and temp staffing).
|
| Contractors also have more flexibility to develop a
| relationship with the "client" for better opportunties down
| the road without the middleman/platform interfering.
| walshemj wrote:
| The modern use of "gig" economy is mostly a tax dodge and
| avoiding classifying them as employees.
|
| That's quite different to say a session musician getting the
| call can you by at Abby Road tomorrow at 9 "big name star"
| needs a guitar player.
|
| Gig in the original sense originally a musicians term for a
| Job
| daenz wrote:
| In my mind, the prices that celebrities can be bought and paid to
| say anything really casts doubt on whatever other social causes
| they claim to have.
| Jarwain wrote:
| I'd think that they'd be able to reject a request that they
| aren't interested in or would have them go against their
| values.
| sharkweek wrote:
| Cameo is one of THE WEIRDEST service I've ever seen, but it
| shouldn't surprise me at all that it exists I guess.
|
| Looking through the list and seeing that I can get the To Catch A
| Predator guy to say almost whatever I want for $50, Diamond
| Dallas Page for $85, The Mooch for $50... it's unbelievable.
|
| The service practically markets itself too, as the more people
| that share the videos they buy, the more it'll spread. No idea
| what the end game is here, but it feels like something right out
| of a dystopian sci-fi novel.
| haram_masala wrote:
| Those rates seem really low, for some reason. Anthony
| Scaramucci, who was a big-time trader at GS and then started
| his own fund, will record one of those messages for fifty
| bucks? I don't get it. And just being on this platforms seems
| to put a specific dollar figure on one's dignity.
| ponker wrote:
| For "The Mooch" it's probably an addiction to attention
| that's driving his Cameo participation.
| psds2 wrote:
| He could also just be getting paid $200 for his $50 cameo.
| Why would this be any different than the other VC
| subsidized consumer focused services?
| haram_masala wrote:
| I hadn't thought of that, you could be exactly right. In
| fact that should be the default assumption.
| sct202 wrote:
| Some of these lower tier celebrities like interacting with
| fans, like a lot of celebrities aren't that popular or rich
| enough to have people manage their social media for them and
| are the ones actually interacting with online fans... or
| critics.
| mjburgess wrote:
| Think about how many clips they can do in an hour. At say, <
| 5min/clip you can maybe do 10/hr.
|
| Have a few hours on a morning/evening spare? Easily a few
| $1000
| notahacker wrote:
| But would Scaramucci notice the extra $500 from devoting an
| hour to reading scripts? I doubt he gets an enormous number
| of requests anyway. If it's an ego thing, surely that's
| cancelled out by the amount people are actually willing to
| pay for his greetings being substantially less than the
| cheapest Pro voiceover actors on Fiverr.
|
| Might make a lot more sense for the sort of artists that
| get a lot more TV/radio/YouTube exposure than actual
| income, but even some of them might wonder if they're
| devaluing their ability to charge much bigger bucks for
| endorsements and ads
| mjburgess wrote:
| I suspect it says something about the somewhat dystopian lives
| celebrities often lead.
| AndrewKemendo wrote:
| For me Cameo, more than any of the celebrity zoom calls,
| twitter sing alongs etc... has busted the bubble of celebrity.
|
| For better or worse, society forces celebrities to live in this
| superposition of untouchable and relatable. Cameo kills the
| untouchable part because it's putting a price on their time -
| which to the layperson like me _feels_ invaluable - even if we
| know that there is certainly a dollar figure to it.
|
| $30 per second [0] is unreal money for anyone - If the numbers
| are right Hasselhof has made $11,000 for doing 51, 30 second
| videos. So it's certainly a benefit from each side, obviously!
| At that rate he could work ~30 minutes per day during the work
| week (2 videos per day, a couple of tries, login and upload)
| take a full month off a year and still make $140k.
|
| I think for me it comes down to the realization: "I can't
| believe these huge celebrities have time for this" - but it
| could just be an artifact of quarantine.
|
| [0]: https://www.cameo.com/davidhasselhoff
| luckydata wrote:
| Money is a bonus but the part a big time celebrity cares
| about is getting their face out there and look like they are
| relatable and nice people. Helps when they have a new
| project.
| AndrewKemendo wrote:
| That's exactly my point though. For me personally, the more
| relatable celebrities are, the less they are able to create
| the distance and mystique that is in my opinion the
| foundation of what celebrity is.
|
| I think most people want to continue to be able to pretend
| that their favorite celeb doesn't have bad breath in the
| morning, binge watches bad TV or leaves their dirty towel
| on the floor in the bathroom.
| TigeriusKirk wrote:
| And then they see the celeb's tweets.
| vikramkr wrote:
| I think the opposite. It's all about that authenticity
| now. Look - they're vlogging! They're just like me! Or
| whatever.
| machinehermit wrote:
| To Catch A Predator guy saying almost anything for $50 sounds
| like the greatest service ever.
| boxfire wrote:
| I think it would be pretty interesting to scrape the site for
| celeb prices over time and analyze them. At the least it would
| be a hilarious stock ticker to put in a waiting area or
| restroom
| ChainOfFools wrote:
| it's just a form of signed memorabilia for the virtual property
| age. Like getting a CD cover or photo signed with a greeting.
| hckr_news wrote:
| My friend's brother-in-law used this service a couple months ago
| for his engagement and wedding, and had a celebrity basically
| wish them congratulations on the wedding and even mentioned the
| couple by name (I think you just give them a script of what to
| say, and they'll record themselves doing it). The cool and maybe
| the natural part of it was that it didn't look scripted. The
| celeb record themself on their own phone I believe, and sent it
| in the form of a video message. Something like Facebook live.
| When I saw the video message, it seemed very natural. I suppose
| for your friends who don't know of this service, it'll make it
| seem like you're on personal terms with a celeb and you received
| a video from your "celeb friend" saying congrats. I definitely
| see a market for this service as it reaches the masses and grows.
|
| Birthdays, weddings, anniversary milestones, bar mitvahs, high
| school graduation. Imagine Lebron wishing your kid happy
| birthday. And all You had to do was pay $5000 and send a script
| for a 15-second video.
| pbhjpbhj wrote:
| What's the root cause of this pathological behaviour.
|
| Why is it impressive, to a large proportion of the population,
| rather than just sad and wasteful (as it appears to me).
|
| I mean I get that it's an [fake] indicator of social
| associations that could have high value, it's more why is that
| impressive as opposed to people actually acquiring value. Like
| a "demonstration of ability to pay" but with social credit.
|
| This seems like the social equivalent of when a brand becomes
| well known for having high-quality goods -- they then put their
| logo on lots-and-lots of super-low quality goods that people
| then buy to pretend they have high-quality goods.
|
| It all makes no sense to me.
|
| Is it something about audio-visual media that we can't use it
| for entertainment without our brains inadvertently treating
| characters as part of our social circles; then we fail at
| recognising actors as not being their characters; ...?
|
| Is everyone insane or is there something I'm missing.
| eyerony wrote:
| > Is everyone insane or is there something I'm missing.
|
| Difference in taste based on class-related norms & values,
| mostly, is what I'd say you're missing. Can make a thing
| really impressive/desirable to one group of people, and
| simultaneously gauche/disgusting to another.
| chrisseaton wrote:
| > Is everyone insane or is there something I'm missing.
|
| Different people have different tastes. Relax and let them
| enjoy what they enjoy.
| aabeshou wrote:
| > Is everyone insane or is there something I'm missing.
|
| in a sense, much of the world is insane because they pursue
| narcissistic types of social status.
|
| but I also do think this is just fun - putting aside the idea
| of getting a cameo as a status symbol, it's just fun to get a
| message from some public figure whose work you admire.
| _curious_ wrote:
| Status symbol? Maybe for highschoolers, but if someone
| showed me this IRL, as an adult, and actually paid real
| money for such platitudes I would question their maturity
| level. What an exploitative model.
| aabeshou wrote:
| yeah I would feel sad for someone who's not rich who paid
| thousands for a shoutout from someone
| ummonk wrote:
| It's nowhere near thousands. It's usually like a hundred
| bucks. E.g. I've had friends do one from Chris Hansen as
| a joke for a large age-gap couple in our group, for the
| cost of $50.
| aabeshou wrote:
| thats genuinely hilarious, money well spent
| smt88 wrote:
| > _Is everyone insane or is there something I 'm missing._
|
| You're missing something. They're not insane, and neither are
| you.
|
| Imagine you've loved a certain musician your entire life and
| you could pay them to sing a song with your name in it.
|
| Or, imagine you and your spouse saw a certain movie on your
| first date, and you think it would be funny and thoughtful to
| have one of the actors (or characters) from that movie wish
| your spouse a happy birthday.
|
| Or, imagine you have followed a sports team for years and
| have the opportunity to talk to one of the stars.
|
| There is nothing strange or new about celebrity. Touching
| fame is interesting and exciting to people. There are
| celebrities who are genuinely meaningful to people -- maybe
| their work helped get through a tough time.
|
| You don't have to understand it, but it's not hurting anyone,
| so there's nothing insane about it. It's just a form of
| personalized entertainment.
| haram_masala wrote:
| Just about the very last thing I would do to a musician
| whom I admire would be to debase them like that.
| pedalpete wrote:
| I feel like this is the point that gets missed. For these
| people that are famous for a skill or craft, Cameo turns
| them into an Organ Grinder Monkey. Obviously if the celeb
| is doing it, nobody is forcing them, but the whole thing
| just feels so cheap and degrading.
|
| Who ever would have thought you'd say "I'll pay you $500
| to wish me a happy birthday"
| hammock wrote:
| All of these celebrities regularly take appearance fees
| to show up at nightclubs, bar mitzvahs, birthday parties,
| etc. It's extremely common. You don't hear about most of
| them because they're private events.
| slg wrote:
| Why do you consider this any more degrading than any
| other form of patronage? Why is paying a musician to wish
| someone happy birthday somehow more shameful than
| demanding they sing and dance for me when I show up to
| their concert? In both cases, the artist gets the funds
| to keep making their art and the audience gets to
| continue enjoying that art.
| smt88 wrote:
| > _but the whole thing just feels so cheap and degrading_
|
| What do you propose as an alternative?
|
| These are mostly people who aren't getting work anymore.
| What dignified career do you imagine for them, when there
| are a million younger, cheaper entertainers to take their
| place?
|
| It would be great if they all had college degrees and the
| ability to be hired in a stable white-collar job, but
| that's rarely an option after a life in entertainment.
| majormajor wrote:
| Orrrrrr they realize it's just another way to entertain
| people and make them happy. Same thing as their regular
| job, but now with an extra level of personal-ness.
| AndrewKemendo wrote:
| Humans are wired for reinforcing social hierarchies by
| proximity and repetition - to confer "status" via all sorts
| of methods which may or may not be grounded in anything
| "tangible" to health, longevity or knowledge.
|
| Media and Celebrity in general hack this system for profit.
|
| The root cause of all pathological behavior is your brain.
|
| [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430590/
| GaryNumanVevo wrote:
| Personalization of consumption is the final frontier for
| consumerist capitalist culture.
| RobRivera wrote:
| No one is insane for having different views and priorities
| pbhjpbhj wrote:
| If someone had a cardboard cutout of a piece of amazing new
| tech, that they were pretending was the real thing, would
| you think "ooh, nice supercomputer" (or whatever), or would
| you think "that's a bit insane"?
|
| I think convincing yourself a picture of a fridge full of
| food is as good as an actual fridge full of food is
| objectively a mental problem - and that this is somewhat an
| analogue of that.
| new2628 wrote:
| Really, no one? that's a bold claim.
| balls187 wrote:
| > Why is it impressive, to a large proportion of the
| population, rather than just sad and wasteful (as it appears
| to me).
|
| Don't underestimate the power of nostalgia on humans, which
| triggers the release of endorphins which targets the pleasure
| center of the brain.
|
| There are so many dimensions a service like this can be used
| in powerful (and postive) ways.
|
| My father turns 73 next week how great would it be for me to
| send him a personalized recording of song from a famous Tamil
| musician? That would be $50 better spent than the $50
| wireless food thermometer I got him instead.
|
| Or for my soon to be 5 year old son, have one of the voice
| actors from his favorite tv shows, record him a personalized
| birthday greeting? Better than $50 worth of toys that he will
| forget about in a years time.
| waterbadger wrote:
| If you Google "parasocial relationships" you might find some
| interesting content.
| izzydata wrote:
| I've brought this term up a handful of times before, but
| nobody I know personally feels the same way I do about
| this. I find this kind of thing incredibly strange, but it
| is just the norm for so many people.
|
| Celebrity culture just makes no sense to me. They were in a
| movie and are now rich so now I have to care what they have
| for breakfast? It just seems so backward.
| akiselev wrote:
| I wouldn't pay $5,000 for a celebrity message but I paid $50
| for an actor who played a minor Game of Thrones character for
| a birthday message for my dad (a GoT fan) that will be
| delivered along with a 3D printed brass polished Hand of the
| King pin. It's just a really fun way to create a personalized
| gift for someone close to me, which is important because I
| have a really hard time coming up with meaningful gifts -
| it's usually just easier to throw money at it, and the
| personalized celebrity message is more meaningful with the
| same amount of effort.
|
| The specific service I used sends the money to the charity of
| the celebrity's choice (which they display before you buy)
| and no one will see the message except my family. I think the
| wedding example is just a little more public than how people
| normally use these things. This is the first time I've heard
| of them charging four figures but no surprise.
| Icathian wrote:
| Would you mind naming the service you use? I struggle to
| think of good gifts in the post-stuff era and that sounds
| like a nice one to add to my toolbox.
| willcipriano wrote:
| Another use case, for my daughters first birthday I had a
| Elmo impersonator (this guy was spot on, you could not tell
| the difference) make a video with a puppet for her. It was a
| private thing we shared together not something I publicly
| shared but her face lit up when "Elmo" said her name and
| wished her a happy birthday. It's weird to do this for
| yourself, however it makes a thoughtful gift under the right
| conditions.
| packetslave wrote:
| An anecdote: a good friend of mine just found out she's
| pregnant with her first child. She's a _huge_ Harry Potter
| fan, and her favorite characters are the Weasley Twins.
|
| For not-all-that-much money, I was able to get James and
| Oliver Phelps (the actors who played the twins in all 8
| movies) to each record a separate video message (about 1
| minute each) wishing her congratulations by name and wishing
| her and her baby well.
|
| I made the two Cameo requests on a Friday night, and had both
| videos by Sunday morning. Both were warm, friendly, and
| seemed to be genuine and happy for her (obviously to the
| extent that they know her: "name is X, first-time mom, huge
| fan".
|
| She was absolutely over-the-moon happy about receiving them.
| cameronlpm wrote:
| I think I'm seeing it through the same lens as you. I'm
| really fascinated by the social phenomena of celebrity. Are
| you aware of any good papers or resources that explore the
| psychology of this?
| ChainOfFools wrote:
| > This seems like the social equivalent of when a brand
| becomes well known for having high-quality goods -- they then
| put their logo on lots-and-lots of super-low quality goods
| that people then buy to pretend they have high-quality goods.
|
| I can't quite put my finger on why, but this suggests an
| alternate form of IPO is being reinvented, where the currency
| of issue was branded social capital, and actual cash is a
| kind of leveraged instrument instead of the primary medium of
| exchange.
|
| I also feel like this might be a well known pattern in
| behavioral economics and I just don't know the proper name
| for it.
| jrvarela56 wrote:
| We are primates guided by emotions. Our brain responds to
| incentives similar to those of other living beings (checkout
| mammals and other monkeys).
|
| Our consciousness is freeing itself from this situation via
| computers. The transition seems weird but digital systems are
| just implementing tricks we've been playing on each other for
| millenia.
|
| It's just weird when you see Black Mirror type of stuff.
| master-litty wrote:
| People tend to make negative associations with poverty.
|
| To survive in social circles, we tend to mask such negative
| associations -- Because sometimes it does have genuine
| negative consequence, regardless if it is fair or logical. It
| comes from the same idea that certain topics aren't
| appropriate to discuss on first dates, with your extended
| family, with children present, etc.
|
| So to guarantee social survivability, in this mindset, you
| must offer something that creates a positive association.
|
| Lying is a risky way to create that association. It's social
| cheating, in a way. If you're convincing enough, your lie
| might as well be real, as far as your relationships are
| concerned, and you gain the social benefits of that;
| Intrigue, mystery, perceived power. But if you get caught,
| you are labelled as someone who will lie for these benefits.
|
| Many of us can look at these consequences and say it isn't
| worth it -- Some of us look at those same consequences and
| say it _is_ worth it. This doesn 't make sense to you because
| you perceive the consequences as the former, not the latter.
| jedberg wrote:
| Celebrities elicit an emotional response, similar to going to
| a place that has meaning to you. If you've spent twenty hours
| watching that person's work, and seeing them reminds you of
| the joy you had watching them, it makes sense that seeing
| them _say your name_ would elicit a greater response.
| homakov wrote:
| This is so cringeworthy though
| sizzle wrote:
| I rather run an open source AI algorithm to generate a
| celebrity's face and voice for free to deliver the message.
| hckr_news wrote:
| Someone on here could probably whip something up like that on
| a weekend and start charging money. Those AI generated fake
| Obama videos as an example. Can't imagine it's too hard to
| make it say "Happy birthday so-and-so". Although can already
| see the lawsuits if someone is making money off the likeness
| and image of a celeb without permission.
| SquishyPanda23 wrote:
| > Imagine Lebron wishing your kid happy birthday
|
| This makes sense if the service is relatively unknown on small.
| But if Lebron is mass-producing birthday wishes, and if
| everybody knows he's mass-producing birthday wishes, then
| wouldn't the coolness actor diminish somewhat?
| rhizome wrote:
| The reason it looks natural is because it's new. If it gets
| popular, it'll be commodified and it'll be the same "radio
| station bumper" sound you've always heard. As your wedding DJs
| plays the Brad Pitt, "I heartily congratulate you on your
| celebration or achievement. Congratulations[static] Wanda and
| Billy" generic message they sit down once a month to hammer out
| 300 of.
| kevinmchugh wrote:
| The professionalism of the celebs varies widely. Some can turn
| a 50 word prompt into a four minute, fun, natural video, others
| read instructions verbatim or fail to read the instructions at
| all
| BurningFrog wrote:
| Candidate for least professional one:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORpBAIB9j64
| gwbas1c wrote:
| Oh, that's a hard video to do. Johnny Depp plays such deep
| characters that it often takes me until the middle of the
| movie before I realize it's him.
|
| What kind of character can he be to make a PSA?
| jedberg wrote:
| Yeah, I've seen a few. Some just read your words staring
| straight into the camera and some have fun with it.
|
| The last one I saw, my friend said, "please wish my husband a
| happy father's day". She sent it to the actor who plays his
| favorite character on his favorite show.
|
| The actor turned that prompt into a 30 second in-character
| monologue that was just brilliant. It was totally worth the
| cost just for the entertainment value to both him and the
| rest of us (she shared it on Facebook for us).
| hckr_news wrote:
| Yeah the couple's video was about a minute long, and was
| quite a heartfelt message wishing them congrats and sending
| well wishes.
| hckr_news wrote:
| > Whatever the number, Cameo keeps 25% of the transaction and the
| talent does what it wishes with the remainder.
|
| That's...a lot. The App Store strategy I guess.
| josefresco wrote:
| Random Trivia: High Pitch Eric, a guest on the Howard Stern show
| is making significant money on Cameo. They (the Howard Stern
| Show) have speculated that he's one of the top earners on the
| platform. I believe he's on pace to make over $100,000 this year.
| nytesky wrote:
| Super weird, seeing some relatively famous people doing this.
| Sean Astin is on a bunch of current Netflix shows fro example.
|
| Now some do it for charity, which I think if they had started as
| a nonprofit and took that angle it could end up huge. Think fo
| the kind of legacy it could become, though I guess they wouldn't
| become millionaires going that route...
|
| One shout out to a Silicon Valley alum, whose proceeds go to
| charity: https://www.cameo.com/suzannecryer
| op03 wrote:
| Isn't this the same model Obama, Trump et al use to raise
| campaign funds? It feels like they have already proved you can
| raise billions selling dinner tickets, photo ops etc.
| jedberg wrote:
| Keep in mind that even famous middle-class actors with regular
| jobs aren't working right now. Film production has only just
| restarted in the last week.
|
| Actors are used to taking whatever gig they can. I suspect as
| film production picks up you'll see fewer of those really well
| known celebrities on there.
|
| On the other hand, it takes all of a minute to record one of
| these. You could literally do it in your trailer on set while
| you wait for them to set up cameras.
| BurningFrog wrote:
| I'd expect them to do a few takes and "find their motivation"
| etc.
|
| Many hours go into acting for each minute that end up on
| screen.
| tootie wrote:
| Some people are terrible with money. Nic Cage spends money as
| fast as earns it which is why he's in so many terrible low
| budget movies despite being an A list actor. Seems like the
| kind of guy who'd make a killing on Cameo too.
| hn_throwaway_99 wrote:
| I've got to imagine this is a _huge_ moneymaker for any celebs
| that have "event appropriate" fame. For example, I saw a friend
| get a personalized graduation message from Natasha Bedingfield
| (singer of that ubiquitous graduation song "Unwritten"). I
| thought it was really cool, and at a couple hundred bucks a pop I
| can imagine that Ms. Bedingfield can make more in a month's worth
| of graduation messages than the average person could in years.
| tootie wrote:
| Appearance fees for celebs are nothing new. It just used to
| require talking to their agency. Top celebs probably will still
| require it. This is creating a market place for mid and bottom
| tier notables to tap into that.
| und3rth3iP wrote:
| Cameo is a fascinating company. Chicago mag also published a
| longread on the company earlier this year if anyone is going down
| a rabbit hole: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-
| Magazine/January-2020/Came...
| mc32 wrote:
| "Celebrities with over 20,000 Instagram followers - which
| occasionally stretches the limits of what one might consider a
| "celebrity""
|
| It certainly does.
|
| I would not classify A-list actors and actresses as "gig economy
| workers" by any stretch of current understanding of the meaning
| of that phrase.
|
| Maybe "Talent" (tarento) in the Japanese meaning of the word,
| maybe.
| kostarelo wrote:
| I was on a presentation where their CEO presented the service
| and said Giannis Antentokoumpo is a gig worker and now with the
| the COVID-19 they won't be able to get paid like the rest of
| us.
|
| I didn't know if I should scream at him or jump out the window
| on the void.
| ardy42 wrote:
| > Maybe "Talent" (tarento) in the Japanese meaning of the word,
| maybe.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarento
|
| > Tarento (tarento) are celebrities who regularly appear in
| mass media in Japan, especially television. The term is a
| gairaigo word - a foreign language loanword - derived from the
| English word talent (Japanese does not distinguish /l/ and /r/
| sounds), and has a connotation of "famous for being famous".
| mcguire wrote:
| For one thing, they're unionized.
| Avicebron wrote:
| This very much cheapens the struggle of those driving for Uber
| etc, we can't conflate an A-list actor with someone scraping by
| as a real gig economy worker
| michaelbuckbee wrote:
| I heard an anecdote on a podcast about Donald Sutherland [1] who
| has done both high profile and really steady acting work for
| going on 50 years got done with his last scene and then said:
| "Well, that may be my last job. I might never work again."
|
| Even established actors are in a fairly fragile position with
| delays, weird hollywood accounting, and the inherent "gig" nature
| of their work playing havoc with their salaries.
|
| I can imagine Cameo seems like incredibly easy and steady money
| (even pre Covid) comparatively.
|
| 1 - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000661/
| spraveenitpro wrote:
| Can Brad Pitt deliver Pizza as a "Gig economy worker"?
| chrisaycock wrote:
| _The New Yorker_ also wrote about Cameo today. The _dot.LA_
| article mentions celebrities in general, but this article
| specifically covers people with political connections:
|
| https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/29/from-the-trump...
|
| Rod Blagojevich (former governor of Illinois) says that Cameo is
| his main source of income now.
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| BurningFrog wrote:
| You shouldn't always trust everything Rod Blagojevich says :)
| bcrosby95 wrote:
| I'm just your average web dev, but the Cameo site seems to send a
| lot of unnecessary information on pages. E.g. the request that
| fetches recent public videos made by someone seems to include the
| price paid... because, why? Reviews include the original order
| id... because, why? This just seems to be asking for trouble. Is
| this how most AJAX-heavy sites work?
| treelovinhippie wrote:
| Waste of human attention.
| jerkstate wrote:
| I think this service is incredibly cool. celebrities have been
| making paid appearances at parties and events forever, this is
| just the social media version of that, a much cheaper way to get
| a celebrity on your social media feed. I bought one for my wife
| for mothers day last year, I was a little worried about how it
| would go over, but she absolutely loved it. Yes, it's a little
| silly, and no, it doesn't solve any glaring social problems, but
| it's more memorable and personal than flowers and chocolates.
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