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===Definition===
The process by which one's network of technosocial engagements and identity produces work or material that becomes well-known in a network. Also, a machine set in motion for producing notoriety and fame. 

===Analog World===
"The [http://www.substitutematerials.com/automatedfame/automatedfame.html Recognition Amplifier] (Famous Machine)<ref>http://www.substitutematerials.com/automatedfame/automatedfame.html Recognition Amplifier</ref>. A machine capable of increasing the fame of of a human being placed inside it. Research abandoned due to physical danger"<ref>http://eyebeam.org/projects/the-recognition-amplifier-famous-machine</ref>.

===Digital World===
Behind every famous machine is a switching machine. 
More efficient machines get others to switch for them. 
Is a switching machine equal to a famous machine?

[[Paige Saez]] says, "Google this sentence: Like the artist, the networked self is an aggregator of information flows, a collection of links to others, a switching machine...it's a lovely rabbit hole".

===Related Reading===
*[[Celebrity as Cyborg]]

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