Internet Message Board "Death" Is this a good story?

Piotr, if I thought it sucked, I'd say so regardless of the relationship. I've got plenty of friends who write sucky stuff.

 

Someone lies on Internet. In a related development, sun to set in West again.

 

Fair enough. Sorry for the gratuitous potshot.

I just don't think that, as written, it merited a story. It needed more experts and other examples, and less "The people at this particular forum got upset!"

 

Shouldn't the Drip feature be on the back page?

 

At least gin up some other examples of fake deaths/accidents/whatever. Just anecdotally I know of the two fake car accidents by people at forums I used to frequent. And I've heard of people faking deaths or sucide attempts for attention, though I'm struggling to think of names/specifics. Having the local tie is good and should be a substantial part of the story, but I can't see anyone caring if ALL we get is the drama contained within this community. And certainly not the stuff of Sunday A-1, no matter how well-crafted a non-story it is.

 

www.instantrimshot.com

 

See, I disagree with these, but I'm not sure I can explain why.

It wasn't about one internet community, necessarily. That was the focus, the peg. But this was about people feeling the need to present some false sense of themselves online, the need to cover their lives, the clash of internet living with real life, etc. Oren was an example, but he wasn't the only one.

At least to me.

 

Never would have happened on Greasy Lake (too inside Springsteen?)

 

Yes.

 

I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it, especially considering you have more of an insider perspective on the whole matter.

 

Didn't someone on this board mention this a while back?