Living and Dying on the Internet

Sorry she said its just Ive never met anyone famous before. Sorry I replied you still havent.In 2008 the media reported that Alex Day was the first person in the UK to make money from YouTube videos. He was described as a YouTube star. But he didnt feel like one.Alex watched as his channel grew leading him to a YouTube party in Sydney a video convention in Los Angeles and a world record attempt in London. He signed up to new sites like Facebook Twitter and Tumblr. But as his professional life flourished his personal life unravelled when a series of damning blog posts exposed his past and left him with no friends and no home -- and no audience.How would you cope if your worst mistakes were written up and torn apart by thousands of strangers right before your eyes? A book about ambition failure and responsibility Living and Dying on the Internet is a timely and unparalleled look into the evolution of YouTube the culture of public shaming and an insightful account of how the internet has changed -- and changed us -- over the last ten years.