Gaslight everyone you know into believing you're important, and act like you solve everyone's problems each time something happens- without actually doing anything.
Then proceed to post about all your "honest", "hard" work on social media.
I think the surprising thing is that you can learn how to do it.
As for that, it depends on your what your social circle looks like. I learned how to cook a couple great meals and how to make a couple fancy cocktails. I invited a few friends over that told my other friends. I slowly integrated different people from different areas of my life and now I'm that guy that throws fun cocktail parties.
It's not the same sort of social status as driving a fancy care, but it has increase my social status amongst people I actually care about.
Learn how to do something cool and dangerous and expensive. Race motorcycles, fly planes, climb mountains, go skydiving. People will want to talk to you
Possibly, but then you are now doing the same thing! Also my hacker news account is anonymous, on twitter accounts tend to be people posting as themselves. (I haven't posted on twitter before, mainly because of that).
Be extremely negative and spread that negatively on social media. You're more likely to gain a following of people who dislike the same things as you than people who like the same things as you.
- Write a book
- Enter the priesthood
- Say something quotable that hasn't been said before and ensure it lives on after you die
Note: These are from the top of my head and are not guaranteed to work.