What It’s Like Being “Famous” on The Internet

Brooke Schwartz
8 min readJul 1, 2018

Two years ago, I stumbled across a site called Quora, a Q&A site with a lot of thoughtful, intelligent responses to all types of questions. Within days, I’d made my own account and started writing answers. Within weeks, I’d attracted a couple of followers. Then a couple more. The number slowly rose over the months, reaching fifty, one hundred, five hundred, one thousand. Except it didn’t stop. I kept writing…

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Brooke Schwartz

Professional writer, editor, and tutor; social justice advocate; Orthodox Jew; dedicated Grammar Auror