Connecting stars with super fans. Dr Cox from Scrubs made a video for me.

I decided to try out Cameo, it was great.

Ben Longstaff
3 min readMay 9, 2020

Every year I’m going to smile when Facebook reminds me of the awesome Cameo John McGinley did on my behalf. Cameo is a website where you can get personalised messages from your favourite celebrities.

Screenshot from the Cameo

Celebrities have millions of Twitter fans, a small number of which are cashed up super fans. Russell Crowe was able to raise $400,000 for charity from tech billionaires on Twitter through a tweet.

Time wasters and getting payments has traditionally been a problem. Hence the need for agents to act as middlemen. The time and costs of middle men has put the cost of engaging with celebrities out of the reach for most people. Being able to effectively engage with super fans is an opportunity for celebrities.

Cameo is the digital version of going to a fan convention to get a picture with your favourite celebrity.

Trying it out

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Ben Longstaff

Playing at the intersection of privacy and personalisation. Fascinated by the state of trust in a world with leaky data.