Re: I Lied for a History Class

loyaleagle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:14:55 -0000

Well first off....I agree with your classmates on using your name: "Though some of my classmates pointed out that I could actually use my experience on the project as an advantage for job interviews in the future..." - it would be hard to mistake this project as some kind of malicious hoax, IMHO, and I'd be surprised if a future boss would be dense enough to extrapolate some kind of malice from this act....

I think that this post, particularly its tone, demonstrates the different worlds we live in. Among bloggers and the newer generation of online journalists (especially tech journalists) this kind of project is generally applauded because it serves as a kind of test case for fraud on the internet. Besides that, any wild stories that hoaxers weave eventually become part of the wonderful culture of the internet. The Montag monster (sp?) is a good example of this. While this hoax may have been carried out by a small group and later revealed, it is one of many many hoax projects that have been celebrated as of late.

Most recently I participated in a hoax which re-ennacted the War of the Worlds broadcast through twitter (#wotw2). The few people who were alarmed by it generally either didn't care after it was revealed or marveled at the genius of the idea.

As a member of said technorati, I offer you congratulations on a gag well pulled-off :P

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