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To Hoax or Not To Hoax-that is the question
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<blockquote data-quote="Apogee" data-source="post: 29501" data-attributes="member: 600"><p><strong>Re: To Hoax or Not To Hoax-that is the question</strong></p><p></p><p>As much as I like the thought of Samson coming clean, his disclaimer is too short and inconsistant of the Titor style to be wholly convincing. It does, however, raise those interesting questions again about what would convince us absolutely of the identitiy of the hoaxer at this stage of the game.</p><p> </p><p>For me, the addition of a business lawyer and mysterious and shady Titor marketing to the whole affair is a bit of a giveaway.</p><p> </p><p>Many of those who defend the Titor claims as genuine have pointed to the apparent lack of his 'selling anything'. Well, that no longer applies. Someone, somewhere is making money off this thing. Could it be that the widespread success of their tall-tale took them by surprise and decided to leave Titor's 'legacy' in the hands of his 'family'?</p><p> </p><p>When you look at the hoaxes that have set out deliberately to make cash like the 'Santilli Alien Autopsy' for example, there is an awful lot of money to be made. Santilli became quite minted as the result of that one. 'The Hitler Diaries' sold to a national British newspaper for a six figure sum.</p><p> </p><p>And what about the more cynical but equally plausible idea that the whole Titor thing is a marketing scam. 'Chug' on another board puts it like this: </p><p> </p><p>{QUOTE} "This was an organised and well planned/thought out hoax. Despite the obvious enjoyment of seeing something like this spread across the entire planet I believe (again something quite plausible), that the author(s) purposely chooses the net as a vehicle to convey the highly complex concept of a multi-dimensional universe where every state/possibility occurs & exists to match a product being sold relating to the concept of time-travel. </p><p></p><p>Do some research, read the William Gibson book i mentioned, and you'll find that marketing companies are not ignorant of using these methods, meme's, indirect marketing, association etc etc.</p><p></p><p>I believe we?ve too easily dismissed the possibility of Titor being a marketing ploy. I mean apart the extremely intangible benefit of doing one of the most successive hoaxes on the internet there must be a much more tangible reward for the author(s), ie money. Apart from a research scicentist trying to drum up interest in time travel (very inplausible), the sale of a move/book makes far more sense."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Apogee, post: 29501, member: 600"] [b]Re: To Hoax or Not To Hoax-that is the question[/b] As much as I like the thought of Samson coming clean, his disclaimer is too short and inconsistant of the Titor style to be wholly convincing. It does, however, raise those interesting questions again about what would convince us absolutely of the identitiy of the hoaxer at this stage of the game. For me, the addition of a business lawyer and mysterious and shady Titor marketing to the whole affair is a bit of a giveaway. Many of those who defend the Titor claims as genuine have pointed to the apparent lack of his 'selling anything'. Well, that no longer applies. Someone, somewhere is making money off this thing. Could it be that the widespread success of their tall-tale took them by surprise and decided to leave Titor's 'legacy' in the hands of his 'family'? When you look at the hoaxes that have set out deliberately to make cash like the 'Santilli Alien Autopsy' for example, there is an awful lot of money to be made. Santilli became quite minted as the result of that one. 'The Hitler Diaries' sold to a national British newspaper for a six figure sum. And what about the more cynical but equally plausible idea that the whole Titor thing is a marketing scam. 'Chug' on another board puts it like this: {QUOTE} "This was an organised and well planned/thought out hoax. Despite the obvious enjoyment of seeing something like this spread across the entire planet I believe (again something quite plausible), that the author(s) purposely chooses the net as a vehicle to convey the highly complex concept of a multi-dimensional universe where every state/possibility occurs & exists to match a product being sold relating to the concept of time-travel. Do some research, read the William Gibson book i mentioned, and you'll find that marketing companies are not ignorant of using these methods, meme's, indirect marketing, association etc etc. I believe we?ve too easily dismissed the possibility of Titor being a marketing ploy. I mean apart the extremely intangible benefit of doing one of the most successive hoaxes on the internet there must be a much more tangible reward for the author(s), ie money. Apart from a research scicentist trying to drum up interest in time travel (very inplausible), the sale of a move/book makes far more sense." [/QUOTE]
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