Although today we have services like Flickr, the act of publishing a photograph on the Internet should not be a simple act. For example, on this blog will not find any picture of me, at the time, I thought it was something completely unnecessary to have some representation in the blogosphere. Although it is obvious that I was aware that those involved in the blogs table, the mystery would disappear and I would become easily identifiable by anyone, if they devoted some effort to locate a picture of me on the Net, I believe that many fewer images on the Net have mine much better.

This is because, from my point of view, I believe that anonymity is a desirable and more curious if you're a blogger. Of course, I doubt anyone liked to find a picture of a documentary in a world with more interesting things to do. But unfortunately, you never know, sometimes we do not do anything special to make the leap to fame, or simply, fame is an unfortunate accident.

Allison Stokke found that even bringing a completely normal life, a small faucet can trigger an avalanche of events for which few would be prepared or adequately deal would know. One might think that this is a consequence of Web 2.0, one can be considered a more or less normal person, possessing small aspirations we seek over our existence, but you may find that the digital world does not behave well, it is too small and too broad at the same time. What if thousands of people had your picture on your computer without you you had sought? What if, concerned by the phenomenon, the media would approach you and even bring about the opposite effect you want? In other words, instead of amplifying it stop. Would not it be scary? How could we face the fact that walking down the street people look forward to us despite not having looked?

An example closer, geographically, is the case of the Girl of the stain on the hair. This case is completely viral, as part of a report from a chain Callejeros Cuatro which sought to illustrate the use of many substances by young people all night on weekends. A portion of this report jumped to the Internet and flooded countless blogs and forums. In fact, the girl tried to stop a ball that could not stop, even to be involved Sogecable, the owner of Four.

But fame is not sought, the accidental, is not something unique to Web 2.0. Long before the blog was a fad, the viral effect and there was no remedy. The most illustrative example is the so-called Star Wars Kid. In November 2002, a boy of fourteen mimics Darth Maul, a character from Star Wars, using a golf club like a lightsaber without realizing that it is being recorded. It so happens that your imitation made in the study of his institute where a camera is turned on. The owner of the tape is aware of the existence of the video and start sharing it with classmates and friends until the recording jumps to the P2P networks where it starts to be downloaded by thousands viral. From the original tape, a fat guy doing a bit clumsy exercises are conducted through several versions. Even one called The Drunken Jedi (The Drunken Jedi) where you apply effects including laser shot. The guy completely humiliated by taunts and jeers to which he was subjected, denounced his colleagues. At the end of the trial is estimated to be agreed with compensation of $ 150,000, but the damage is done, showing that the world is smaller every day.

A video or a picture, trigger reactions on the Web, but what happens when those images are made by a company? When Google Maps was released, there were incredible discoveries, both archaeological, as more mundane, people who were topless. So were pictures taken by satellites, if you want to consider accidents as well, however with the new service from Google Street View, images taken at the foot of street may be more compromising. Persons entering an adult bookstore or simply a woman with tanga are some images that internet users could be found using this new service.

The controversy over the effects that can result from Google Maps or any other, they publish photos compremetedoras to the national security of countries is a debate that was just put into active service. Something that has been endorsed by the terrorists who were aborted plans to attempt at JFK Airport in New York. Now, with pictures at street level, the controversy must be multiplied. However, the usefulness of the service is unlikely to compromise, that Google Maps can we have a reflection of life itself or simply that the world is becoming narrower. But, of course, endorsing the fact that any small incident can get to change our life without us have wished. Thousands of eyes watching us.