sucked in?
 

Has anyone else been grabbed by a part of their brain they didn't know existed and pulled into this whole lonelygirl15 extravaganza?

heard of it - watched about 10 seconds of one of the obnoxious videolog things and realized that there is nothing in the world more self-centered and annoying as a teenager (no offense to the young'uns here)

What the hell is the "lonelygirl extravaganza"?

Okay - my error for assuming that everyone knew.

This is lonelygirl15

http://www.argn.com/archive/images/lonelygirl15.jpg

The story is (with props to nymag.com)...

It's essentially a vlog on youtube but, it's different. For one, it has millions of views.
In all likelihood, Lonelygirl15 is a fake. She’s a suspiciously photogenic teen (?) who films first-person confessionals in her bedroom. Most of them revolve around her study-buddy Daniel, who has a crush on her. This is all supposedly done without the knowledge of her religious, homeschooling parents. What religion? We don't know. There are clues littered throughout her posts, and this is just one of the threads people have latched on to.


People have started questioning whether she even exists, and for good reason: She’s just a little too charming, her videos a little too well edited, and her story a little too neatly laid out. Viral marketing maybe?

BUT - we just don't know. When the online world thought it had figured out that she was some kind of extreme Christian. A vlog revealed a 'shrine' of sorts to Crowley in the background, and her freaking out cos Daniel was going to light a candle on it.

Interestingly, the domain name for her fan site was registered a month before her first video went up.

No-one is really sure what's going on. It's obvious it's not all legit. But is it a front for some product (no logos appear), a record label (also been debunked), a hugely clever student project, a religious organisation (some say Satanists, some say Scientology, there are arguments for each)... it's hard to tell.

I realise how stupid this sounds - but it just kind of grabs you and pulls you in. It's like webworld's own little mystery.

So, yeah - that's it. I just wanted to know if I was alone in my loserdom...

Sorry...I've never heard of it/her...whatever...


It sounds kinda like a reality show to me...Which I can't stand...

My computer is too slow to watch youtube:mad:

She's cute, but that type of thing does not interest me.

ok - now because of this post i watched a few and they were really slick -

i also read a huge debate at wikipedia about whether or not to have a Lonelygirl15 entry - that was amazingly fascinating - i'm surprised how many wikipedia people are so touchy about the site. i always thought wikipedia was totally open and you could post/edit anything. that apparently has changed and they'll delete anything they don't like or thing is irrelevant or silly. . .what's the internet coming to

hmm. . . didn't i see trip on that interminable dateline "Internet Predator" show

Not true....we were just a week away from having a couple of beers together at Universal Halloween Horror Nights.


but seeing that I have about 16 years on you...that would have made me the pedifile.:eek: