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Linkbait at any Cost? Story of a Hoax

By Kimota 237 days ago from http://www.jonathancrossfield.com

You may have seen the recent story on the 13 year old Texan boy who used his dad's credit card to pay for strippers that played his Xbox all night.

Well, it was a hoax.

The article was produced solely for the purpose of attracting links from around the world. That itr did - over 1500 of them.

But what about the ethics of completely fabricating a story to get website popularity? If we can now make up the news to build our websites and blogs, where do we draw the line?

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