 The idea concerned her at first, as she was afraid the project was pornography, but she was convinced otherwise and agreed to partake.Although initially unpaid, as lonelygirl15 grew popular, she and co-star Yousef Abu-Taleb received salaries.The "lonelygirl15" video blogs, which first appeared in mid-2006, featured Rose as a 16-year-old girl named Bree posting under the alias lonelygirl15.