Ultimate iJustine fan

You can’t get ANY geekier than MIT. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology attracts geeks from all around the world and seems to breed them from beakers. No surprise then that the Technology Review published by MIT wrote a nice long piece on iJustine.

By now, Justine has reduced her lifecasting to a few hours per week. (Justin.tv is now leaning away from it, too: “In our experience, there are less broadcaster-intensive uses–cases that produce more interesting content for the end user,” Justin.tv CEO Michael Seibel obscurely explained in an e-mail.) In part, this is simply because Ezarik needs Justin.tv less than she once did: she has 50,000 MySpace friends, she long ago reached her limit of 5,000 Facebook friends, and she has about 23,000 Twitter followers. Two hours ago she informed them that she was “LOL”ing. Twenty hours earlier, she was eating a “really good cookie.”

The entire article is about 4 pages long and goes into a lot of detail about our favorite internet celebrity from her start to the present day.

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/21557/page1/

Recently there have been things posted online in various formats that bash iJustine in some way or another. I’m not talking about the random person that makes a silly post in their blog or video about Justine. I am talking about the people (One lame duck in particular) that seem to use any form of media available to talk trash about o’ so sweet Justine and her friends. Even though you try to hide its traces on the internet, you can’t. My typical reaction was anger then complete disgust. I can’t understand why someone would feel it necessary to go on what would appear to be a marketing campaign talking trash about a person that has done nothing but support the exact media that you are using to slander her.

If I could reach through my internet connection and knock off that silly little hat and fake gold chain I would gladly do it. But that kind of reaction would be a waste of energy on my part. If your ratings are so bad that you have to attempt to boost them by making iJustine look like a bad person, so be it. You’re a loser. Yes you! You know who you are.

OK. I feel better now. Thanks for letting me vent.

I don’t know if you have seen this. I was emailed a link today (Thanks @grillmen)

[Picture courtesy of Valleywag ]

Rumor is spreading that Justine Ezarik, the blonde videoblogger better known as iJustine, is leaving Justin.tv. Ezarik, who holds the dubious distinction of being the most popular lifecaster of the moment, is currently denying that she’s leaving the self-broadcasting service where she made her name. Ustream.tv, where Justine first started videoblogging before she made it big on Justin.tv, has regained the affections of the vlog hottie, or so the story goes. As is often the case when two are competing for the attention of one woman, neither suitor ever really wins.

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Justin and Justine were interviewed by Yahoo Video to talk about the age of lifecasting and how it affects their lives as well as the world around them. This was put together very well…and Justine, your real fans do not judge you. I’m sorry you have that pressure.
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Personally, I never found reality tv interesting. It’s fake — I know because my dad worked on Big Brother.

That’s where reality, such as iJustine.tv, comes in. Hardly anything is held back (obviously, addresses, phone numbers, and other sensitive information is withheld). It’s raw. It’s always on. It’s entertaining.

Here’s that interview we saw filmed about a month ago, with Justin and Justine.

Click image to read/watch.