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<blockquote data-quote="6ft4" data-source="post: 44466" data-attributes="member: 357">Think about the spectacle of boxingSome guy who has a natural talent for boxing who&#039;s had 200 amatuer fights who just turned pro who nobody knows about will not get a fraction of the viewers for competing in a pro fight that some well known youtubers would get for a fight despite the fact the pro would demolish the youtubers.The same goes for football, some youtubers sell out a stadium and ger millions of viewers to watch them play football while a 4th division team who would completely obliterate them get a crowd of 3000 spectators and make minimum wage for playing football.Now apply this to PSLPSL gains popularity on tiktok by paying tribute to the looks icons (Chico, Barrett etc) and while Chico and Barrett get some additional engagement in this time from a new and younger audience, the audience quickly loses interest in them because they were not providing engagement and relatability to the audience, they were just coasting on their natural talent (being born with a certain level of looks)The scene then finds new icons (Zeta, K-Shami, Clavicular) who aren&#039;t as naturally &quot;talented&quot; as the old icons lookswise, but they replace them because the old icons don&#039;t have the same social influence and engagement with the audience as the new icons.Therefore being an icon is no longer about being at the absolute pinnacle talent wise (looks wise) as it was at the start, but now it&#039;s about belonging to the culture and becoming the people&#039;s champ.What this shows is that lacking in natural ability will no longer hard cap people from getting to the top of a particular hierarchyIn other words, those at the very pinnacle in terms of natural talent will always get easy rewards, but those who wield social influence and audience engagement will leapfrog guys in the hierarchy who are miles ahead of them talent wise but failed to gain an audience and fell short of the top spot competitively.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="6ft4, post: 44466, member: 357"] Think about the spectacle of boxing Some guy who has a natural talent for boxing who's had 200 amatuer fights who just turned pro who nobody knows about will not get a fraction of the viewers for competing in a pro fight that some well known youtubers would get for a fight despite the fact the pro would demolish the youtubers. The same goes for football, some youtubers sell out a stadium and ger millions of viewers to watch them play football while a 4th division team who would completely obliterate them get a crowd of 3000 spectators and make minimum wage for playing football. Now apply this to PSL PSL gains popularity on tiktok by paying tribute to the looks icons (Chico, Barrett etc) and while Chico and Barrett get some additional engagement in this time from a new and younger audience, the audience quickly loses interest in them because they were not providing engagement and relatability to the audience, they were just coasting on their natural talent (being born with a certain level of looks) The scene then finds new icons (Zeta, K-Shami, Clavicular) who aren't as naturally "talented" as the old icons lookswise, but they replace them because the old icons don't have the same social influence and engagement with the audience as the new icons. Therefore being an icon is no longer about being at the absolute pinnacle talent wise (looks wise) as it was at the start, but now it's about belonging to the culture and becoming the people's champ. What this shows is that lacking in natural ability will no longer hard cap people from getting to the top of a particular hierarchy In other words, those at the very pinnacle in terms of natural talent will always get easy rewards, but those who wield social influence and audience engagement will leapfrog guys in the hierarchy who are miles ahead of them talent wise but failed to gain an audience and fell short of the top spot competitively. [/QUOTE]

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