It went on for awhile and she decided to end the hoax by killing off her made up online character..... and I had some friends that supported *her* and were very much disturbed when they found out she never existed. Some went *offline* for several months afterwards.
On 4/24/06, Halcyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
**My experience with fake death online**
Many years ago, I encouraged a young girl (that worked for me
remotely at collegeclub.com) with cancer to start a blog.
After she got quite a following, she eventually died.
It turned out she never existed. "Kaycee Nicole" was a made up
persona.
I had to deal with ALOT of backlash and internal struggles, as well.
**My reaction to using fake death in any way**
The world is painfully lacking in empathy and humanity. People are
so jaded, that it is hard to get them to break down the walls of
cynicism and love one another.
So it is VERY VERY WRONG to fuck with people who open their hearts.
Why give people more reasons to trust less? A lie like that is
STEALING compassion from people.
if it's fiction, call it so. Otherwise it is the worst kind of
deceit.
IMHO
-halcyon
cockybastard.com
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