Net fans jolted by man’s blog hoax

Filed as News on June 29, 2004 10:08 pm

by Duncan

Sicko or new age cyber author? you be the judge……
Twincities.com> “For more than three years, a twenty-something Minnesota woman named Layne Johnson lured thousands of people to her Web site every day with a poignant and brutally honest diary of her life….Then, three weeks ago, the “Plain Layne” Web log mysteriously disappeared from the Internet, sending her fans into a tizzy. Now the person behind Layne has come forward and admitted that it was all an elaborate hoax.” read full story>

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    1. By Joey posted on June 30, 2004 at 3:46 am
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      A longer version that does not require registration to read is here: http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9031735.htm

    2. By Ren posted on June 30, 2004 at 11:37 am
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      THANKYOU Joey. I can’t stand registering for news sites.

    3. By Duncan Riley posted on June 30, 2004 at 8:45 pm
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      Apologies,
      I normally never link to sites where you need to register, when I visited it the first time got straight in, must of just fluked it, thanks for providing the additional link

    4. By Duncan Riley posted on June 30, 2004 at 8:46 pm
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      Apologies,
      I normally never link to sites where you need to register, when I visited it the first time got straight in, must of just fluked it, thanks for providing the additional link

    5. The BlogFather • July 1, 2004 at 8:54 pm