Hmm, well, I'm thinking of Twitter in particular, many of the people that I follow there I have no hope of ever connecting with in any "friendship" sort of way. They are obviously out of my league and far too busy to worry about a peon like me. Nonetheless, they have ideas, experiences and accomplishments that I'm interested in learning about so I follow them.

When it comes to being known simply for content creation, that is another story I guess. I would be willing to follow a creator simply for their great content, but it would have to be really great content. How do I define great content? It doesn't really matter I guess. Everybody's definition would be different I suppose.

I did recently listen to a podcast called "The Good Life Project" in which Eric Barker, an apparently well-known blogger turned book author describes the trajectory of his career. He managed to build up a rather large email following without a lot of hoopla and self promotion. His path involved reading tons of academic research and repackaging it to be more easily digested for the public at large. It was an interesting podcast that you might want to check out. His blog is "Barking Up the Wrong Tree" and no he didn't hire me to promote it surreptitiously or anything. I haven't really read much of it to be honest.

The super bloggers are the ones who read everything and have informed opinions. That is a huge time investment, but not a big sacrifice if it is really what you love to do and can make some kind of a decent living at it I think.