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Pheltup

Tech Buzz A fake Twitter competitor dreamed up as a hoax to rile the Twitter-esque Plurk. Posts purporting the company had actually purchased Plurk eventually caused the real founders to speak up.
Eric Buth about 25 weeks ago
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Tagged hoaxes, inside jokes, nerd fight, tech companies, web 2.0

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Mocking What Shouldn’t Exist With What Doesn’t

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How the News Spread

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Lots of Twitter “Thought Leaders” Were in On It Or Fooled by It

foomandoonian.blogspot.com
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Mocking What Shouldn’t Exist With What Doesn’t

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“It’s probably an elaborate inside joke.”

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Follow Pheltup on Twitter

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An Easy Joke to Play on Those With “Social Network Exclusion Anxiety”

laughingsquid.com
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The Flume: an Older Web 2.0 Hoax

gotflume.com

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