it was an

interesting way of creating something—and it obviously worked. was it good writing? sure, it fit so well that nobody caught on. however, it wasn't pushed to areas that would have been more interesting.

Posted by: letumubique99 on October 23rd, 2008.

wait, what??

i don't get it. and plus she bugs me.

Posted by: aylacatherine on November 17th, 2006.

boring

Zzzzzzz

Posted by: heusinkveld on November 11th, 2006.

Do something.

1,000,000,000 people watch a girl twiddle on the internet all summer. Hoax or not, the letdown was that nothing happened. Personal or commercial. I'd almost prefer some clever product placement over this anticlimactic waste.

Posted by: kennyrood on October 22nd, 2006.

here's the article

sorry a better link for the article where she is actually doing a real commercial!

Posted by: bigjeff on October 20th, 2006.

flat.

she is so anoying.
and not even naked. (in the net?)<---- joke.

Posted by: monoalex81 on October 19th, 2006.

breaking the medium

I think she has made the leap, and maybe that was the point in the very beginning.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116035279914686330-389uPJPKaJDVikMup2Oz_WKY8Ac_20071009.html?mod=blogs

Posted by: bigjeff on October 19th, 2006.

Have we gone

full circle back to the radio soap opera!

Not advertising but it is an innovative way of penetrating a new medium, social media.

Posted by: rcairns on October 18th, 2006.

An ad?

I'm not sure if this fits in with the scope of this site. Is this really advertising? I'm not even sure how I'm supposed to rate this. It's obviously a publicity stunt, but for what? The real producers were found out against their will. This isn't like the Lost campaign where there was something obvious about the advertising element from the get-go. This feels nothing like sublimal marketing because it's not marketing anything.

Posted by: jswindle on October 18th, 2006.

hmm

i have heard about this video from at least 2 or 3 of my friends. so it got a lot of attention from many people

Posted by: wills425 on October 18th, 2006.

the five and a half minute hallway.

this is brilliant, a bit of a rehash from house of leaves, but brilliant nonetheless. it's not marketing in any conventional sense, but storytelling using a new medium. sure, it has become a public relations stunt, but wouldn't you leverage this for riches and fun had you the chance? not sure that it gets you any karma but that's not the point - also not sure that anyone who isn't intrigued by this or thinks it fun isn't an old ogre. for people who think this was unethical, i submit that there's an element of artifice in every creative expression we've ever made and this is not different. also, it is time to recalibrate the ethical radar; you are too finely tuned. reserve your fire for the big fish; leave this 15 year old girl to be lonely.

Posted by: tectonic on October 17th, 2006.

wtf?

what is the world coming to i just wasted minutes of my life on something that stupid...i can never get that time back

Posted by: shanagirl3 on October 17th, 2006.

The climax is near.

wach out LG15 fans, the ceremony was yesterday.
the end is near. stay tuned.

Posted by: cubes on October 14th, 2006.

blah-blah-blah

the next time i hear the words "lonely girl" and "breakthough!"; "genius!", "amazing!" together...i swear.

seriously people, it's all about time. these are people that clearly had some time on your hands. if you got time and money, i hope you can put together something "genius".

aside from experimenting with 'tube hits, this is meaning less.

i wonder how many of the millions of hits are dirty old pervs.

Posted by: roxie on October 10th, 2006.

And the point is?

Had no idea who she is.
Still don’t.
And don’t care.
If it’s an ad don’t you think I at least supposed to be intrigued enough to go and check it out?

Posted by: ArtGirl on October 9th, 2006.

obvious

knew all along... slightly boring but hell, lots of people will watch a cute girl do damn near anything... they knew it'd work.

Posted by: cancerstheproof on October 5th, 2006.

1 billion for you tube!

these are the things that make millions... oh boy its scary where we are...

Posted by: zirovnik on October 5th, 2006.

punchline?

maybe this is an effort by logitech to hawk their webcams?

Posted by: forsoreeyesonly on October 4th, 2006.

watch out for

M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. This is an excellent excersize in 'question everything.'

Posted by: christineann.vargas on October 3rd, 2006.

what can i say...

I knew it all along, but I was a fan, but I also watched Grace anatomy, so forget about me.

Posted by: cubes on September 29th, 2006.

SJP

she is almost as annoying to watch as Sarah Jessica Parker making love to the camera. But bravo on the good old fashion getting it out there.

Posted by: mimijung914 on September 26th, 2006.

fart

The colliseum is almost full...

Posted by: cheekymonkey on September 26th, 2006.

whatever

boooooring.
Interesting exploration of the medium.

Posted by: monoalex81 on September 26th, 2006.

whatever

boooooring.
Interesting exploration of the medium.

Posted by: monoalex81 on September 26th, 2006.

what will happen?

some people dismiss this as just a viral thing, and some dismiss it as just some webcam chick but there are some people out there following this thing like it was a soap opera (I'm not one of them). Folks write about its twisting plot lines and recurring themes; perhaps there really is something there, not now, but in the future. there are definitely big plans for this thing, I predict; with 30-something videos, I wouldn't be surprised if people followed this thing all the way to the 100th or 200th "webisode" and it crosses over to some other media. will that be scary or desirable is another question. I'd say wihin the next 2 months, we'll see something really crazy happen with this thing but in the meantime, it's hella boring, at least to me.

Posted by: avisualperson on September 25th, 2006.

Who cares

Although I think it's cool they decided to take advantage of the medium and method, I don't think it promotes anything as content. I'm amazed at how serious everyone takes this kind of thing though. If you're not going to be creative, you have no right to judge others for it.

Posted by: amilbardge on September 25th, 2006.

obvious

i think the editing makes it obvious it's just not some girl.

am i the only one that just thinks it's booooring? real or not, i don't see what's so interesting about it.

Posted by: gravitycollapse on September 25th, 2006.

i don't know

what it's for, but pure genius. it is extremely hard to make something look real, and these 3 did it for months, getting others to really respond... and for no obvious reason. i would have suggested subtly introduced product placement.

Posted by: euroskip on September 22nd, 2006.

I knew it

First time I saw this shit, I knew it was a hoax. I'm only surprised to find out there was no direct commercial interest behind it. I say "direct" because the guys behind it are about to become household names, and will soon parlay that fame into fortune. Ditto the actress. I think this communication (campaign, whatever it is) is about as unethical as you can get. The whole thing was a misrepresentation, pure and simple. That being said, I'm not surprised it happened in the wild west world of user-supplied content, where there really are no rules. Yet. This campaign will probably result in some sort of clampdown with regard to stating intent before posting on YouTube, etc. And I think that will be a good thing.

Posted by: camper on September 22nd, 2006.

wow

so I'm not sure why people actually view all of these videos but of course, I'm curious as to what these people are up to. tv show pilot? advertising gimmick? elaborate bet? they are preparing this young 15-year-old to be the next big internet star? like the star wars kid, or the hong kong backstreet boys? are these things really viral or are they contained with a controlled viral universe such as youtube or google video and therefore, not really globally viral? it's a strange thing that is happening, yes.

Posted by: avisualperson on September 21st, 2006.