Comments on: Tweetmeme lets hoax ‘Zombie Swine Flu’ BBC story go-unchecked

By: Monetjer

Monetjer — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:54:00 +0000

no a mini gun and m60

By: Monetjer

Monetjer — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:52:00 +0000

thats beyond fucking bullshit man its a crapstorm or wores

By: charlie

charlie — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:24:09 +0000

pakin bushit..

By: charlie

charlie — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:21:06 +0000

well.. im ready for some action, of the zombie attack.,…

Needs,,
1. ak 47
2. 50 grenades
3. 100 pipe bombs
4. and ammo..
5. chainsaw.
6. bat

By: Francie Griffith

Francie Griffith — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:34:58 +0000

If anyone is dumb enough to think that anything like a flu can resurrect you after you die, they deserve the panic that they would suffer following their supposed discovery of it. lol

By: BRAAIINS!

BRAAIINS! — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:01:23 +0000

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs203.snc1/7028_162271956492_589166492_3149169_5634827_n.jpg

By: crap

crap — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:53:35 +0000

total fakeness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not true.

By: The New Media Rags (bit of a rant) | Ross Duggan

The New Media Rags (bit of a rant) | Ross Duggan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:22:31 +0000

[...] of people, all of whom are getting this same blasé, unresearched, sweepingly generalised rubbish. A rare incident of journalism from Techcrunch UK reflects a conversation going on amongst media types that perhaps this “crowdsource [...]

By: SHANKAPOTAMUS

SHANKAPOTAMUS — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:45:35 +0000

BRING IT OOOOOOONN!!!!

By: SHANKAPOTAMUS

SHANKAPOTAMUS — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:44:38 +0000

BRING IT OOOOOOONN!!!!!

By: Crestopher Lien

Crestopher Lien — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:29:07 +0000

how bad is it, if the world be going on that so, im afraid as will, eating human fleshhhhhhhhsssssss……..ahhhhhh. thats tireffiec my GOD…… so more carefulll on day 2 day. We dont know if someday the world gonna be like thAT………………

bEING HUMAN ZOMBIE….. IS NOT NOrmal…><< it is disqusting……..????????

By: Phrozt

Phrozt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:11:28 +0000

Hi guys,

I created that site. It literally took all of 5 minutes to copy the source code from the BBC, change a few links so the css and js lined up correctly, and type up a few fictitious sentences of funny. Actually, the part that took me longest was looking up the original prank in archive.org and link it (I did it to “cite my sources” in a sense).

The funniest part about all of this is that I did it as a joke for my co-workers and we all forgot about it by the end of the day (I even made mention of this in a comment in the source). I didn’t even realize it got all over the internet until a handful of weeks later after everyone already got over it.. lol.

And as for the internet taking care of itself, my hosting provider got a letter from the BBC’s legal department to take down the page (which they did), so in the end, if it wasn’t initially obvious as a fake, it should be pretty obvious by the fact that it’s no longer up.

Ah well, hope a few people got enjoyment out of it.
-Phrozt

By: Now Twitter gets a guy arrested in Guatemala

Now Twitter gets a guy arrested in Guatemala — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:44:23 +0000

[...] would appear that Twitter, aside from helping to spread panic about Swine Flu, is creating all sorts of issues in countries which are probably still coming to [...]

By: Randgris

Randgris — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:34:22 +0000

Sorry, but playing a few video games does not endow you with zombie killing skills in real life.

By: rach

rach — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:42:27 +0000

what the hell is tweeting and tweetmeme !?

By: josh

josh — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:01:14 +0000

good joke had fun scaring some of the guys at school today fooled loads of the teachers too but to many similarities between the story about the swine flu and the out break in cambodia, the were not similar they were identical! so watch out for that next time never the less still a good prank!

By: kendel burkhardt =]]

kendel burkhardt =]] — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:43:56 +0000

what the hell why did you out this out there to scare little kids
or something thanks alot now im terrified…!!!!!

By: kendel burkhardt =]]

kendel burkhardt =]] — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:43:01 +0000

what the hell thats scary i dont wanna read this why do you put this out there to scare little kids=[[
thanks alot im terrified….!!!!!!!!

By: Stanly Nortan

Stanly Nortan — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:20:09 +0000

Ya, i think it would be awesome. If the bites were infective i would cover myself in unbitable material like leather or something, to make sure i couldnt get bit. And use my samori sword for the first time ever, all about survival, it would make life more… lets say interesting.

By: BBC knock-off site reports cases of ‘zombism’ as H1N1 mutates into H1Z1 | Spectator Blog

Fri, 08 May 2009 23:26:01 +0000

[...] UPDATE: The link, however, was not published by the BBC, but is intended to look like the news organization’s Web site. Note the URL is not a BBC site. Details on the hoax are here. [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:13:43 +0000

Yeah, but on Facebook, the way links get posted, you cant tell its anything but a real BBC link. I was checking cos it seemed like a hoax, but couldnt find anything to prove it when my friend linked to it on FB, and the links on the left actually hook up to the real BBC site….

By: Laura Williamson

Laura Williamson — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:26:22 +0000

Surely nobody would believe this story or interpret it as anything other than a joke! A very good joke!

By: Zombie mutation of Swine Flu « Amused Cynicism

Zombie mutation of Swine Flu « Amused Cynicism — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:36:15 +0000

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By: Mario Moody

Mario Moody — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:59:09 +0000

Great site. This is my first time here so I wanted to say thank you for everything.

By: The End Is Near. - Team-BHP

The End Is Near. - Team-BHP — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:57:57 +0000

[...] and the link that leads to the BBC site obviously is not real. Read more about this hoax here : Tweetmeme lets hoax ?Zombie Swine Flu? BBC story go-unchecked Thread [...]