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What would be the motivation behind fabricating a story like this? I see posts of this nature all the time on r/csquestions. This one just happened to go viral
by steveb0x 9y ago
What would be the motivation behind fabricating a story like this?
I see posts of this nature all the time on r/csquestions. This one just happened to go viral.
- m0nty 9y ago> What would be the motivation behind fabricating a story like this? Lulz, getting one over on the Internet, being able to fabricate a plausible story and see people all over the world reacting to it. Some people get off on weird stuff.
- runin2k1 9y agoAttention seeking behavior. Maybe a clever teacher asking students to create fake news to see how easy people are to fool. Boredom. See -- Programmer Automates His Job Away for 6 years and then forgets how to program. I don't think any individual aspect of the story is unbelievable, but when taken as a whole it stretches credulity.