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FIND INTERNET HOAX
Guy Behind 'Back to the Future' Hoax: It Was an Accident [EXCLUSIVE]
The man behind the Back to the Future hoax that circulated the web on Wednesday said the viral incident was "just an accident."
If you're like us, you fell for that Photoshopped image that claimed today was the "future date" Doc set the DeLorean to in the film Back to the Future. Although the photo says characters such as Doc and Marty McFly traveled from June 27, 2012 from Oct. 26, 1985, the actual date used in the film is Oct. 21, 2015. Not only was the picture shared thousands of times and became a viral hit in just a few hours, it wasn't the first time the same hoax happened.
So how did we fall for this again? Here's what happened.
Steve Berry, a social media manager for mobile checkout company Simply Tap, designed the image to promote the Back to the Future trilogy Blu-ray box set for his client. The photo — which used Wednesday's date as "the future" — was a deliberate reference to the same hoax that was accidentally started by Total Film in 2010.
SEE ALSO: Today Is Not the Future; ‘Back to the Future’ Hoax Fools the Web
"We promoted the image fully confident in the knowledge that everyone was familiar with the original hoax from a couple of years ago," Berry told Mashable. "We figured that no one would fall for the same joke twice, so the caption was deliberately replicated it word for word so people would get the reference."
But the new image started to develop a life of its own. It was reposted on several Facebook pages, including the Facebook page of craft company Colour Me Fun, which received more than 10,000 shares, nearly 1,000 Likes and 300 comments.
Although the hoax may have ruffled a few feathers on the Internet today, the creator of the accidental hoax said he wishes he would have included the client's web address:
"Just think of the traffic I've failed to gather," Berry said.
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الاثنين، 10 يونيو 2013
7: FIND INTERNET HOAX
السبت، 20 أبريل 2013
PROJECT: 21 SEND eCARD TO SOMEONE
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May Saeed Al Mansoori
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ID: 201081279
PROJECT: 33 CREATE XTRANORMAL CARTOON
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NAME: May
Saeed Al Mansoori
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PROJECT: 32 CREATE PREZI PRESENTATION
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NAME: May
Saeed Al Mansoori
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Presentation link: http://prezi.com/ybb62ya3bwrn/present/?auth_key=hkrcdtd&follow=7bhbzr2aubl4
PROJECT: 29 EDIT PHOTO WITH EDITOR
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NAME: May
Saeed Al Mansoori
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ID: 201081279
PROJECT: 28 DEVELOP ONLINE SURVEY
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NAME: May
Saeed Al Mansoori
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PROJECT: 26 CREATE RINGTONE OR ALERT
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NAME: May
Saeed Al Mansoori
STUDENT
ID: 201081279
PROJECT: 24 FOOL SOMEONE WITH PRANK/HOAX
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FOOL SOMEONE WITH PRANK/HOAX
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NAME:
May Saeed Al Mansoori
STUDENT
ID: 201081279
PROJECT: 22 CONNTECT COMPUTER TO TV
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NAME:
May Saeed Al Mansoori
STUDENT
ID: 201081279
PROJECT: 16 DOWNLOAD YOUTUBE VIDEO
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NAME:
May Saeed Al Mansoori
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NAME:
May Saeed Al Mansoori
STUDENT
ID: 201081279
PROJECT: 14 CREATE PHOTO COLLAGE
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CREATE PHOTO COLLAGE
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NAME:
May Saeed Al Mansoori
STUDENT
ID: 201081279
الاثنين، 25 فبراير 2013
Project 9: Install a new piece of software or upgrade an old one.
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