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REALITY
In the physical Universe a Star is born by particles of matter falling into themselves, creating a gravity well which eventually leads to self-induced thermonuclear fusion reactions ignited by nuclear fission.

VIRTUAL
On the web, a Star is born in the same manner. Particles in the form of blog posts, TV interviews, book reviews, social networking, chats and other types of discussions, create a gravity well that is centered upon a singular point. When a Tipping Point (the fission event) is reached within the micro-crowds that form the particles mentioned above, a sudden group consensus forms and the Star is then born. Visualization of the Internet Stars ignition can be achieved by turning to tools like Technorati, TechMeme, TwitterVision, Alexa, StumbleUpon, Digg, Del.icio.us and others to watch the Stars Meme rise and run through the populace.

One additional point is that the virtual Star can also have a real gravity effect when they interact during meat gatherings. This can readily be seen by watching Justin.tv or Chris Pirillo or any of the other influential people who are now life-casting. When the Stars visit real world gatherings, they always exert an attractive force. This happens even if the Star is not wearing a camera, as can be seen by anyone who spots Matt Cutts at an event…and the crowd around him.

COMPARE
The difference between a nuclear Star and an Internet Star is that the former is self-ingesting in order to produce the energy expulsion which defines it’s existence. In the latter, the Star is ingesting the inbound “radiation” created by the audience or attentors in order to produce the near-visible cloud of effervescence that characterizes the Star.

SUPPOSITION
As apparently was just proved, that Einstein was right and a large celestial body such as the Earth or the Sun can bend space and time with their gravity wells, is there a correlation to be drawn to the manner in which an Internet Star effects the particles that comprise the fuel which has yet to drop into their gravity well?

In the end however, is there any question as to the longevity of each type of Star?

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