It doesn't require that Ars be in on it - or even necessarily Facebook. But why do you think it's improbable for a company and their acquisition to plot a PR m

It doesn't require that Ars be in on it - or even necessarily Facebook. But why do you think it's improbable for a company and their acquisition to plot a PR move? PR people for corporations lie all the time - look at the Sim City release for EA, and the obvious lies about the online component from their PR person. Edit: For the record, I don't think that it's what happened. I think it was just crazy people being crazy. However, your objection is nonsense and doesn't preclude what the GP was alleging to be the case.