Moved from Philosophy. Sounds more like a General Psychology issue, though admittedly, there's overlap.
Are you asking what motivates someone to attention-whore? Or why and how people react to them? Or just anything related to the subject?
Thank you for moving this I realized I placed it wrong and I meant to post it here!
Basically, I have noticed a lot of whoring here, although it appears to look like I'm whoring as well, due to the topic and what not...
What is the essence of an attention whore, more or less... What is really the purpose(i hope i dont get banned for this)?
Hmmm... So, we're all whores because of our mothers?... A Freudian analysis?
I wouldn't quite put it that way. We whore because we have certainbiologicalpsychological needs that are soothed when we're acknowledged.
Hmm, in forum debates, I wonder how far attention whoring could be considered to be synonymous with trolling? They don't seem very far apart, the essential difference perhaps being that trolling may sometimes be carried out more for a person to amuse themselves at the expense of others, with the attention garnered in the process being mainly a byproduct. I do think trolling that has no objective other than to get attention is pretty common too though...
Why do people attention-whore? Ask Jeffster! (Kidding.)
Attention craving and attention whoring are different concepts. The latter is compulsive while the former is not.
SEX
Did you guys read my post?
But why would one whore for attention if it is not compulsive?