Comments on: Bigfoot hoax shows web at its very worst

By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:01:50 +0000

I’m sure you’re right Jonathon. The number of supporters during the Ralph Hardy saga provided a clear indication to me of the number of marketers who were willing to create fake content for commercial gain.

By: Kimota

Kimota — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:25:42 +0000

Problem is, I don’t think this is necessarily the first ‘fake linkbait’ since the Ralph Hardy story just as I don’t think the Ralph Hardy story was the first time a marketer has created fake news for links.

I think these two get notice and discussion from the likes of us because they exposed themselves. What worries me is that there are now a lot of marketers who saw the success of this technique and will create fake content without tipping off the world afterwards and thereby neutralising the effect. The big foot hoax was always going to implode and had a limited shelf life, but the Ralph Nader scam would have maintained its links and would eventually have been forgotten without any backlash had Lyndon kept it to himself.

That is why this is a worrying trend that I am sure is continuing to go on whether we are aware of it or not.

By: swollenpickles

swollenpickles — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:25:48 +0000

Have you seen the Penn and Teller BS! episode on Cryptozoology?
They created their own bigfoot hoax. Very funny stuff.

By: Mike Bradbury

Mike Bradbury — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:41:33 +0000

What you call ‘link bait’ I call fraud.

BTW, Big foot was found, supposedly, a few miles from where I’m getting married. I hope his chums don’t crash the party… unless they bring some fine Georgia Sasquatch moonshine.

Also. Matt, the guy who claimed not to be a big foot tracker at all, and happened to stumble upon the rotting big foot carcass, registered his site that he was advertising on his cap at the press conference back in June.

What incredible foresight.

By: Ryan G

Ryan G — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:45:11 +0000

Bigfoot, or just another gimmick by the big film studios?

By: media kingdom

media kingdom — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:44:20 +0000

i’m still trying to figure out if “Sasquatch” is Bigfoot’s name, or if that’s the name of his species

By: johnnyquest

johnnyquest — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:38:07 +0000

The real story of the Georgia Bigfoot, Strike Three

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krL_j-kksM0