I make no secret that I don't much care for certain people. That said, there are usually pretty good reasons for it.
There are a couple of people in the coaster enthusiast community who are total attention whores. Every once in awhile they start spamming my sites with false identities in a transparent attempt to garner more attention. They don't get that the Internet is not really anonymous.
So what motivates full-grown adults to do this kind of thing? What is it about the online world that makes it so easy for people to spend a lot of time and energy this way? I can't imagine trying to be a character online when it's hard enough trying to be a quality person in real life, where the meaningful connections are.
Being a "celebrity" is highly overrated. I got about as close as I wanted to get to it when I was working in radio (the great irony about radio "celebrities" is that they don't make shit, and have to do appearances to make any serious money). When freaks start showing up at your live events, it's not flattering, it's scary. You should've seen the toothless wonder that would show up at my remotes when I was working in the Mansfield station. I can't even imagine what you put up with as a "real" celebrity, like a movie star.
This kind of thing really puts into perspective for me what life is really about. To me it's about having a great partner to share everything with, and health that makes it all possible. If you have those two things, I think you get the rest of your needs pretty easily. That's the only kind of external validation I need in the long run, the only kind that has a lasting impact.