Comments on: Tech Bloggers: We’re Pathetically Easy Hoax Bait

By: Some Of The Techmeme Flock Fooled By Tech Evangelist » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:33:26 +0000

[...] amusing part is that a fair number of notable tech bloggers almost thought it was real. Some are pretty teed off. And I can’t really blame them, as [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:13:27 +0000

Jhay — true, but every April fools I suspect that there’s a lot of fooling of many bloggers (and similarly, a hunt for the foolish ;) )

Cheers
t @ dji

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:12:09 +0000

Hey Ed,

Thanks for stopping by. For what its worth, it certainly got my itchy fingers going. Great hoax for a friday morning ;)

Keep in touch,
t @ dji

By: jhay

jhay — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:03:55 +0000

True, very true. Just recall how many bloggers fell for Gmail’s April Fool’s day prank.

By: Ed Kohler

Ed Kohler — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:04:23 +0000

Great analysis, Tony. I was surprised by the traction this got. Of course, the point was to have some fun and create some buzz, but I had no idea who would take the bait.

The beauty of blogging is that the news is self-correcting. In less than 12 hours (overnight, mind you) the announcement had been debunked for those who bought it at some level.

Somehow, I doubt we’d be able to hold onto an Imus sized audience or advertisers in his time slot doing a tech show.