Press, Bloggers Fall For iPhone Cup Holder 'Joke'

netbuzz writes "An iPhone case with a built-in cup holder? The designers were looking for $25,000 to make it on the crowdsourcing site Indiegogo. One look at the contraption should have been enough to convince anyone that the thing was a joke, or a publicity stunt, but a number of mainstream press outlets (LA Times, UPI) and bloggers took the bait with little or no realization that that they might be on the wrong end of the hook. Today the Dutch marketing firm behind the effort acknowledged that it was 'a joke.'"

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other things people thought were "jokes"

[Anonymous Coward]

Other Things People Thought Were "Jokes"

1. a portable music player without wireless and less space than a nomad
2. an online store that holds all your credit card info so you can buy something with a single click
3. a messaging system that limits messages to 140 characters
4. a web site where you make public in all the personal info needed to stalk you, burglarize your house, or sink your career, including what you are doing and when and where you are doing it, plus who all your friends are
5. an encyclopedia that anyone can edit
6. a web site that sells coupons worth $40 for $20 and the store gets only $10
7. an online game where you pay real money for virtual things in the game or to give to your "friends"
8. a new personal computer where the software is only available from a single store and there is no porn
9. a self balancing scooter

okay, the last one is still a joke but nobody is perfect

Re:A joke?

[Kufat]

Hats go on your head. Jokes, evidently, go right over it.