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FakeAPStylebook creators unmasked

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Inky_Wretch, Nov 2, 2009.

  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Guy in Dallas and another in Louisville started it. Now 10 people contribute to my favorite Twitter feed ...

    http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/how-i-exposed-fakeapstylebook/
     
    Inky_Wretch, Nov 2, 2009
    #1
  2. Sxysprtswrtr

    Sxysprtswrtr Active Member

    Makes me wish I had thought of this idea. ... They now have an agent and a possible book deal?!
    Good for them and I do mean that.
     
    Sxysprtswrtr, Nov 2, 2009
    #2
  3. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Agree. But I swear this would be the only book I'd read out of the hundreds likely in the coming years that are nothing but compiled Twitter posts.
     
    playthrough, Nov 2, 2009
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  4. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

     
    txsportsscribe, Nov 2, 2009
    #4
  5. Suicide Squeezer

    Suicide Squeezer Active Member

    Best use of Twitter I've seen to date. Wish I thought of it too.
     
    Suicide Squeezer, Nov 3, 2009
    #5
  6. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Why the need to out folks who are just posting funny bits on twitter? And why the self-aggrandizing back patting over it?
     
    Ace, Nov 3, 2009
    #6
  7. jlee

    jlee Well-Known Member

    Because it's in Wired and it's written by some NYC artiste.
     
    jlee, Nov 3, 2009
    #7
  8. AMacIsaac

    AMacIsaac Guest

    That's what social media experts do best.
     
    AMacIsaac, Nov 3, 2009
    #8
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