Fame is changing

Forbes listed most influential people on the Internet, based on traffic, web
reference, Technorati rank, TV/Radio mentions. 

few notable things are

YouTube famous Lonelygirl15 is first in the list. 

I don't see any research bloggers nor web inventors....

I surprised to see few political blogger in the list 

and finally one Sex educator

What this indicating me is "World is Flat"

Kind rgrds
Saran

Wow, that's wild. Seems so strange that it's in Forbes!

This paragraph bothers me: "In the coming years, anyone who wants to be
famous for their writing will probably be forced onto the Web, according to
McPhail. "If you don't have a blog, you're going to be considered an
outcast," he says. "You're considered to be not literate. Having a
blog will likely be a prerequisite for first jobs."

When I started blogging, being a bit of an outcast was a good thing--it meant
you had an independent voice, your own perspective, and were willing to put it
out there. It seems really weird to think that in less than 10 years blogging
has become so huge that now, to be considered "mainstream," a person
will need a blog. Maybe we've passed the tipping point...but I wish we could
hold on to the idea of the power of the authentic, independent voice...