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- jackwaters, on 10/10/2007, -4/+110Why.... This is really stupid. Why couldn't they just leave it be.... They've ruined it for everyone....
- HAKdragon, on 10/10/2007, -5/+87I just love how neither the title nor the summary inform anybody as to what the hell the story is about.
- superwick, on 10/10/2007, -5/+80indeed. way to ruin another good thing, douchebag reporters.
- leomyhero, on 10/10/2007, -9/+63from the NY Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/technology/06steve.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"As for Mr. Jobs himself — the real one — he did not seem all that interested when told the identity of his online doppelganger. He said in an instant message conversation that he had no interest in reading Mr. Lyons’s novel."
Jobs is such a dick head...C'mon Steve, have a laugh! - 13thKid, on 10/10/2007, -1/+45here's the link the the ny times article that outs him: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/technology/06steve.html?ex=1344052800&en=df82de5e78cf8dc0&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
damn, the times' permalinks are pretty jacked up - dgblackout, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24no, she doesn't.
read the book. - Rageous, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21It really won't be the same now... but it was fun while it lasted. This about sums it up:
"Recently someone claiming to be Mr. Jobs’s daughter, Lisa, wrote to tell him, 'You don’t sound at all like my father, but your blog is hilarious.' " - 13thKid, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22from the same article: "The acerbic postings of 'Fake Steve,' as he is known, have attracted a plugged-in readership — both the real Mr. Jobs and Bill Gates have acknowledged reading the blog."
i don't think jobs would admit to reading fsj if he didn't see the humor in it. - turpenine, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23didn't jobs at a keynote come on and say, hello, I am fake steve jobs? I think he can have a laugh.
- dgblackout, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20it's pretty obvious once you find out but it was nice having some sort of parody in the tech world, bring on his book.
- jonbruc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19I really liked reading FSJ. Now that the author's outed, I don't think its as interesting. Also, now that the blog will be part of Forbes.com, how long before Apple Legal sends them a nastygram to cease & desist?
- mikesbaker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16anyone who gives a ***** already read it
- iFungus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I think you're a bit confused.
- fiberspy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I didn't even know fake Steve Jobs existed until he was outed....damn
- FrameShift, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Seriously, can someone tell me why this guy needed to be unmasked? I'd really like to hear the argument.
- flowaus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Woah - Fake Steve Jobs was actually fake?
- Legolover64, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9It's kind of like Santa,
Once ruined, it takes out all the magic. - ismith, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Clearly you have not spent the time to read some of the posts. They made me laugh out loud, which is very rare for something I read on a computer screen.
- Metal_Hurlant, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8This is the same Daniel Lyons that writes articles for Forbes that have a persistent tendency to bash open-source software and proponents, and sometimes bloggers at large.
Some say (yes, that's a wikipedia NPOV "some say") he amounts to little more than a troll to generate traffic for forbes.com.
Others say (see, I'm trying here) his views are so consistently pro-Microsoft he might as well be taking a paycheck from them.
For example:
"Is Linux For Losers?": http://www.fo rbes.com/technology/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html
"Linux Scare Tactics": http://www.fo rbes.com/home/enterprisetech/2004/08/02/cz_dl_0802linux.html
"SCO Vs. Blogger": http://www.fo rbes.com/2007/02/13/groklaw-sco-ibm-tech-enter-cz_dl_0213sco.html
There are many more similar articles that aren't free to see on forbes anymore. - SupaFupa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Anonymity of an author lends purity to their writing. Plus, since he is an established author in other venues, his columns written as himself now take on a different meaning. Its sort of like curiosity killing the cat.
- gregmo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7first lonelygirl15, then [insert popular fake internet persona], now fsj. damn
- LexisNexis, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Fake spoiler fag ^ ^ ^
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Is not the same anymore. Sometimes I really get impressed of how insightful about Apple the writer of the blog was and I wonder who the hell could be but now the mystery is gone and I don't see the point on keep reading the blog, doing it somehow makes me feel stupid/foolish.
- Zalyster, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5What? Santa isn't--WHAT??
*cries* - shawnz, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8It would never be on such an even page as 400. You should have picked 412, or so.
- asw66, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Dugg for the word "mangina"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - rarson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I can't stand digg submissions that don't clearly explain what they're about.
- parafish13, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5RIP FSJ. You made us laugh.
- Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7no he is right.
I spent half the article trying to figure out wtf I was reading about, the only hint they give you is they mention Apple once about half way down. - MacParrot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4And yet he's still a better writer than you. Who knew?
- p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4There is none. But there is always going to be someone who wants to cover the mystery. This is the truth for Magic Tricks and Wrestling also. They are all fake, and most people know that, but some people want to get to the bottom of it, but it is kind of human nature to wonder.
- CraigJ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Meanwhile if anyone can think of a cool way to use the name "Brad Stone" (all or part) as a verb, let me know.
Maybe this:
brad, v.i.:
1. To bust a fellow filthy hack without mercy and spoil the fun for everyone, in a quest for personal aggrandizement.
2. To urinate in a pool. - tucsonwc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5damn that is bad news. I really enjoyed reading it, mystery intact. The NYTimes sucks. One can hardly wait till Murdoch devours you.
- whistlerpro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm scared it will be soon. He can't criticise other magazines as easily anymore.
- Zalyster, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Fail
- raynevandunem, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/search/label/Freetards
Even though it makes sense that he would exude such an attitude about the FOSS fandom, it's still disconcerting that a *senior NYT editor* would use this cloak of anonymity to provide an outlet for such unprofessional descriptions of his supposed "foes", most of which he couldn't ever put onto his employer's front page.
What's more ironic is that Lyons has referred to blogs as the platform for an "online lynch mob". http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2005/1114/128.html
So, if he's an overall technophobe (nothing wrong with that, we all have different degrees of it), then why is he using the pseudonym of the CEO of a technology company that sells their products using a partially open-source Unix platform and web rendering engine to angrily and sarcastically criticize other companies and organizations which produce or make use of similar Unix-like platforms and web rendering engines (including his namesake's own)? Was he thinking that most recent tirade through before he posted it? http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/07/freetards-in-deep-denial.html
I don't think that he's being paid by Microsoft, or is a paid troll for ads; I think the guy just hates technology, loves anything that makes money through exclusionary, proprietary means (whether its Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, whoever), and doesn't read. - kballweg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Be proactive, stop reading Digg if you want to save those minutes. Not too many contributors are able to anticipate your interests and post accordingly.
It must be a terrible burden to be the center of the universe and not have people recognize it. - pandafood, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Come on guys, can't you see it's just steve paying this person to take the fall for him. its the old.... a good offense is the best defense thingy..
- skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2My cat, FBG, cannot stop laughing.
- MacParrot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Actually I had read that it was Fake Steve Jobs fake daughter Lisa (or FSJSDL) that wrote that...anonymously.
- MacParrot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3But here you are posting for something you claim to not care about! How how ironic in a post millennium kind of way.
- whistlerpro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You'd be great at writing grave stones.
- shoonya, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3dugg for the mug shots of the dog
- CheeseheadDave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The difference is that everyone knows the FSJ is fake. It's right there in the title of the blog. It sucks now because without the veil on anonymity, I wonder if the blog will lose a bit of its snarkiness because he'll be afraid of being sued?
- tjreck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Bummer
- VitriolAndAngst, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm an Apple fan -- and I think Lyons was far from making Apple look bad. I liked his fake Steve Jobs and I think it was more of an outlet for having to stuff in his shirt at Forbes. Some really funny writing with quite a bit of insight. I don't think he was any harsher on Open Source than he was on Microsoft -- but I suppose I could go back and look for that slant. It was just funny to read his attack on premadonnnas.
However -- I would be unhappy if he was the standard; "bash the intellectual elitist (who is himself a corporate elitist)" which wouldn't be a stretch working for Forbes magazine-- God knows this country has suffered enough from the Assault on Reason (or Modernity, for that matter). But you can't go after someone just because he was good or hard on a particular point of view. He didn't drag his company into it, and he didn't benefit from any relationships. So his comments live or die on their own accord -- which is perhaps, a fairer form of writing. For instance, I might have put forth the same writing, or I could have been really anti-Microsoft. Does it make it any less right or more right that I'm not working for Forbes?
I'm kind of a fan of free expression. You don't get "owned" by a corporation. So if you express opinions on your own -- it should be your concern.
I'll miss his writing, regardless. - mikeuram, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I am just waiting for someone else to say that they guessed it right too. No one saw it coming.
- dgblackout, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2hey, that one was true.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow, good to know that Reporters can do investigative journalism when they want to.
Now go out there and get some news that matters -- rather than 10,000 reporters chasing Brittany around. - mastaphoo, on 10/10/2007, -6/+7you really set it up for yourself, RTFA lazy ass.
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