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[[File:Vote Gribble 4627.jpg|link=Round the Twist|frame|When someone's self-promotion gets this bad... not even your home is safe.]]
{{quote|"There are 30 million bloggers out there and they are all desperately trying to get you to read about their cat."▼
{{quote|"Everyone on the internet has an ego, yes including you, but some people are just shameless."▼
▲"There are 30 million bloggers out there and they are all desperately trying to get you to read about their cat."
|Duckluck, brilliant social commentator.}}
▲{{quote|-- [[Tropers/Duckluck|Duckluck]], [[The Ace|internet expert.]]}}
{{quote|"There are a lot of people who see the internet as their own personal advertising service. You see it all the time, everyone online seems to be pushing blogs, websites, and terrible self-published novels -- when they aren't selling something more, ahem, [[Cam Whore|personal]]."▼
▲"Everyone on the internet has an ego, yes including you, but some people are just shameless."
{{quote|"Other people just have to be the center of attention and will go to any length to put themselves in the spotlight."▼
▲"There are a lot of people who see the internet as their own personal advertising service. You see it all the time, everyone online seems to be pushing blogs, websites, and terrible self-published novels -- when they aren't selling something more, ahem, [[Cam Whore|personal]]."
{{quote|"It's this sort of shameless egotism that causes people to put huge annoying banners in their signatures that have nothing but their name, a link to their blog, and maybe a picture if you're lucky. They put similar links in their profiles, forum titles (if the forum allows that sort of thing), and even names. Plus you can bet they will have a really self-congratulatory avatar."▼
▲"Other people just have to be the center of attention and will go to any length to put themselves in the spotlight."
|Duckluck the Wise, [[Evil Overlord|Supreme Leader]].}}
{{quote|"Once they've turned every available inch of their account into one big, obnoxious ad for themselves, the Shameless Self Promoter will then go on the offensive. They may go slowly at first, one piece of ego stoking [[Self-Insert Fic]] here, one link to their boring website there, but eventually they will get to the point where they'll be starting whole threads based on some piece of crappy Fan Art they drew or [[Emo]] poem they wrote. These threads will typically go on for several pages (with half the posts being by the self promoter) and will only end when the Shameless Self Promoter stops getting praise and goes off to advertise themselves in a thread that people actually care about."▼
▲"It's this sort of shameless egotism that causes people to put huge annoying banners in their signatures that have nothing but their name, a link to their blog, and maybe a picture if you're lucky. They put similar links in their profiles, forum titles (if the forum allows that sort of thing), and even names. Plus you can bet they will have a really self-congratulatory avatar."
{{quote|"The shameless self promoter is almost always either a (really) [[Small Name, Big Ego]] or someone just looking to make a buck by pushing their wares wherever they can. Either way, the best thing to do is just ignore them. If they're doing it for attention, they'll lose interest and go somewhere else. If they're doing it to sell their crap, then all you have to do is not buy anything and they'll probably just start advertising elsewhere. The one thing you never want to do is give them the attention/business they're looking for, because once you feed them, they're yours forever."▼
▲"Once they've turned every available inch of their account into one big, obnoxious ad for themselves, the Shameless Self Promoter will then go on the offensive. They may go slowly at first, one piece of ego stoking [[Self-Insert Fic]] here, one link to their boring website there, but eventually they will get to the point where they'll be starting whole threads based on some piece of crappy Fan Art they drew or [[Emo]] poem they wrote. These threads will typically go on for several pages (with half the posts being by the self promoter) and will only end when the Shameless Self Promoter stops getting praise and goes off to advertise themselves in a thread that people actually care about."
{{quote|"There are some guys who, after seeing a trend want to [[Follow the Leader|jump on the bandwagon]]."▼
▲"The shameless self promoter is almost always either a (really) [[Small Name, Big Ego]] or someone just looking to make a buck by pushing their wares wherever they can. Either way, the best thing to do is just ignore them. If they're doing it for attention, they'll lose interest and go somewhere else. If they're doing it to sell their crap, then all you have to do is not buy anything and they'll probably just start advertising elsewhere. The one thing you never want to do is give them the attention/business they're looking for, because once you feed them, they're yours forever."
▲{{quote|-- [[Tropers/Duckluck|Duckluckificus]], [[A God Am I|Dark Lord of Hubris]].}}
▲"There are some guys who, after seeing a trend want to [[Follow the Leader|jump on the bandwagon]]."
▲{{quote|-- [[Overly Long Gag|Duckluck]], Certified Expert}}
Compare: [[Small Name, Big Ego]], [[Cam Whore]], [[Attention Whore]], [[The Shill]], and [[Single-Issue Wonk]] (where the issue is themselves).
[[Overused Running Gag|See also]]:
{{examples}}
== Comic Books ==
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* In-universe example: In ''[[Simon R. Green|Winner Takes All]]'', one of a [[Those Two Guys|pair of mercenaries]] who help to protect James Adamant has a sideline, writing chapbook adventure-stories and songs with himself as the hero under a nom de plume.
* In "Where is Joe Merchant" by [[Jimmy Buffet]] has several references to Jimmy Buffet's own songs.
== Meta ==
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* Later, the unendingly [[Entry Pimp]]'d ''[[Instrument of God]]'' [part of the ''In the Matter of:'' series!] page.
* There's even [[Troper Works|a page]] for cataloguing self-promotion!
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