Real or Fake?

irlrobins

Have a look at the vids made by this girl:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=lonelygirl15

Looking through them, I think it's a fake. They're too well scripted and edited. Espec the Hiking video. Very Dawson's creekish.

So after emo kid and now this (assuming it's fake, what y'all think?), is the new you tube craze going to be Fake Lifes on Tape? Film students finding a quick and cheap medium for their output? Clever marketing by youtube to get site traffic?

Oh, and use some tweezers girl!

Sleepy

She's cute

EWheelChair

Real or fake, why would anyone watch that tripe?

biko

^^^ I concur

Dustaz

irlrobins wrote:

Clever marketing by youtube to get site traffic?

In case you hadnt noticed, this is what youtube is for. All viral companys use Youtube and Google video to plant their viral campaigns (eg lynx click etc)

irlrobins

Yea, that is what i was thinking. Be interesting to see who is behind it.

ThrownAway

The first one didn't even look like she actually was 15

WhiteWashMan

irlrobins wrote:

Have a look at the vids made by this girl:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=lonelygirl15

Looking through them, I think it's a fake. They're too well scripted and edited. Espec the Hiking video. Very Dawson's creekish.

So after emo kid and now this (assuming it's fake, what y'all think?), is the new you tube craze going to be Fake Lifes on Tape? Film students finding a quick and cheap medium for their output? Clever marketing by youtube to get site traffic?

Oh, and use some tweezers girl!

im lost. whats it about?

irlrobins

Watch the vids.

Are they real vids of a home schooled kid stuck in her room with her best (male) friend who later turns out to have the hots for her?

Or are they carefully staged viral vids?

ThrownAway

It's just like watching the real life oc ....nobody knows what the hell they're on about

Dragan

Real or fake? Who cares??

And she's only 15? Now i just feel dirty, i'd be all over her like a rat on a cheeto!!!!

irlrobins

Dragan wrote:

And she's only 15? Now i just feel dirty, i'd be all over her like a rat on a cheeto!!!!

In that case better hope it's a fake and that she's a college student. That way you can feel less guilty about your impure thought.

jor el

This is the most disappointing thread ever I was expecting it to be a big boobs question (big real or big fake style). Spending too much time in Slydice maybe? I can't view youtube at work as it's blocked so haven't seen the vid, but judging by the comments it's not what I expected.

WhiteWashMan

erm, no, im not going to watch the videos.

but do i get this right, we are wondering about some chick just talking about her life on a web cam?

i mean, are our lives that boring. surely this is just reality tv?

Hobbes

Of course its fake.. I mean look at this guy..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0

We are expected to believe hes a real shop manager.

Dragan

Hobbes wrote:

We are expected to believe hes a real shop manager.

Are you trying to tell me Darth Vader is not the shop manager?

irlrobins

Dragan wrote:

Are you trying to tell me Darth Vader is not the shop manager?

No, he's the day shift manager.

murfie

fake or not, what gets me is the bloody girl is so popular, thousands watch her videos for what!! There are many other much better video blogs or diaries worth watching.
I think this guy brilliant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBB2ry3R9Aw

Vokes

jor el wrote:

This is the most disappointing thread ever I was expecting it to be a big boobs question (big real or big fake style).

I was expecting boobies too

irlrobins

Well here are some real boobs for you so.

weemcd

rofl, has to be a pisstake. For a start its called "boy problems" and she yammers on about yer wan, then halfway through goes, oh yeah Daniel could be watching this. hahahaha


but wtf is the purpose of this anyway?

EDIT make sure you watch "Grillz feat. Danielbeast, LG15, P. Monkey, and O'n." : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pE9uwYqbQs

wtf is i can say

Terry

Senator Vreenak knows the answer

Day-wanna-wonga

Fake - the hiking MV was too well edited. It was better than most of the sh*te posted on the Video forum by Lump and Achilles, FFS.

irlrobins

Day-wanna-wonga wrote:

It was better than most of the sh*te posted on the Video forum by Lump and Achilles, FFS.

Lol!

Feral Mutant

Since this thread seems to have become a bunch of links to youtube videos that have nothing to do with the OP, I might as well point out Ask a Ninja.

StephenC_IRL

theres obviously a light shield targeting her face, the diting is too well done, it has to be fake, theres probably subliminal messages or advertising embedded somewhere

Nehpets

it's stupidly boring to watch anyway

crosstownk

Nehpets wrote:

it's stupidly boring to watch anyway

Ain't that the truth!

Rhyme

irlrobins wrote:

Well here are some real boobs for you so.

*Falls of chair*

Christ... i didnt need to see that last thing before bed.

emeraldstar

at first i thought real, but now i definately think fake. i mean just look at the quality of the video compared to ANY other video blog up there - it's absolutely perfect, not at all grainy or whatever. the whole 'setting' looks too perfect also, the position of the camera in relation to her, etc etc etc....fake!!!!

Hobbes

Saw it on the guardian, tbh I didn't watch any of her youtubes at all as the one I did watch was boring.

But anyone know what exactly the story is about? Rumours I can find is it is for a horror movie as she has a shrine to Crowley in the corner.

Diarmsquid

Sorry, I don't watch youtube videos that much but I've seen this story a bit.
What happened?

iFight

No idea what youre on about, have you got links?

SingingCherry

Links would be good since I had been watching her videos for the past while. I thought she was fake (she was too normal and rehearsed for a 16 year old) but I didn't know for sure.

Rb

Heres the profile for the account.

Watched one or two of the videos, they're quite boring.
Just read an article about it, turns out even her "fansite" was created a month before her first video even went up, and watching the videos you can tell somethings suspicious about it. Will be interesting to see whos behind it and what its building up to.

The Sweeper

Who is Lonelygirl15, and whats the deal?

Rb

Minesajackdaniels wrote:

Who is Lonelygirl15, and whats the deal?

Click

Vadrefjorde

And this drivel is going to launch her to stardom????
Then again in america................

emeraldstar

it was so fake, you could tell by watching it. i thought maybe the first one i watched was ok, then i started to hate it and get really pissed off it was so obviously staged.

Ruu_Old

Oh my there is a fair amount of angry people after finding this out.

Wertz

lol I was linked to her piece on Pluto's decommisioning as the 9th planet the other week....definitely was something fishy...too nicey nicey, too perfect...it almost seemed scripted.

So youtube attention whoring is the new black?

Come back Sandi Thom, all is forgiven *




*Alll may not actually be forgiven.



[edit] http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1868353,00.html

Full story. Also some interesting stuff on the wiki page

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Right now, the biggest mystery of Lonelygirl15 is "who is she?" We think this is an oversimplification. Lonelygirl15 is a reflection of everyone. She is no more real or fictitious than the portions of our personalities that we choose to show (or hide) when we interact with the people around us. Regardless, there are deeper mysteries buried within the plot, dialogue, and background of the Lonelygirl15 videos, and many of our tireless and dedicated fans have unearthed some of these. There are many more to come.

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Taken from Lonelygirl15.com

Creamy Goodness

anyone that could see that was fake needs their head checked to be honest.

bluto63

I watched two episodes of it and it was so stupid. Even if it wasn't staged, it would still be boring. I don't get why people are entertained by this sort of stuff

Hobbes

This is what appeared to start it all.

http://www.lonelygirl15.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=36

AdMMM

Thats the exact message that I quoted.

BlitzKrieg

never seen this.

Took one look.


how the F*CK did people only *suspect* its fake. Its bloody blatant that its fake and I'm not even talking about the stereotypical me vs my parents plot. Its not a webcam and the audio is being clearly inserted in (parents walking up stairs...yeah a pc microphone CAN REALLY PICK THAT UP!).

I put my money on that it was not actually owned by some company (it is now most likely) but a bunch of film students who started it as a prank (see emo kid) but suddenly found they could make money from it. Hence its gone from prank to form of entertainment.

Kwekubo

I thought people had learned better after EmoKid21Ohio...

projectmayhem

i didn't know anything about her (don't follow the "blog" scene) before but ranted at everyone on youtube afterwards anyway

Caco

I remember seeing somethng about this girl a while ago. After a few seconds of her latest vlog, I couldn't bare anymore. How can people listen to that shíte and it's so obviously fake, so put on!

Hobbes

The wikipedia has interesting details on it.

The investigation is a suggestion that it is a take on HP Lovecraft (cue Karl Hungus ). She makes references to stars alignments, Crowley Shrine in the back left of the bedroom and her parents saying she has to practise for some ritual and that she is learning a language that no one has ever spoken before and her boyfriend wanting to be known as DanielBeast666.

It may be that she is a sacrifice for some ritual.