Everything

Well-Connected on the Internet (as in the Virtual Adept Merit of that name), you enjoy a high online profile – a web­ site, at least one blog, more Twitter followers and Facebook friends than you could possibly meet in Meatspace, and so on. When you post, folks read, share, and take it seriously. While this might or might not translate into folks you know in the

Digital Web (and really – would you want it to?), you command global influence via the World Wide Web. As a result, you’ve got the sort of influence and resources that most folks cannot imagine: crowdfunding backers, instant information, places to crash all over the world if and when you want them… the details depend upon the sort of presence you maintain and the people you attract, but they go beyond anything you could accomplish without the Internet.

Of course, you could fuck things up on a grand scale if you’re not careful – such attention can backfire on you if you post the wrong thing at the wrong time – and certain haters despise you on general principle. Considering that the Internet is a prime front in twenty-first century reality wars, though, this sort of network can provide a major edge for your side.