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Master Link Baiter of the Year

Who could have thought that our early forays into the controversial blogosphere was all just a huge link bait? Follow the link to discover who this master link baiter of the year is.

Just over a year ago, I wrote an entry entitled “Filipino Catholics petition against Bryanboy“. It was probably one of the first few controversies the local blogosphere had witnessed. It was so hot the topic even got the major daily news.

What we all didn’t know that this incident was a masterfully crafted plan by Bryanboy himself. He emailed me the other day and confessed:

One of the challenges on this year’s gay bloggies is to confess something you’ve never written on your blog before. Well, I thought I’d drop you a note, albeit belated, to say THANKS with last year’s antichrist brouhaha.

His entry, Attention whores, poke, poke and provoke (warning: NSFW!) explains it in detail.

Exactly one year ago I made headlines in my country because of a simple yet effective blog entry that I posted.

What people didn’t know (until now) is that blog entry was planned and executed with military-grade precision.

Anyway, my friend and I concocted a cheap little plan.

* Fake email account? Check.
* Fake online petition because anyone new on teh internets think online petitions are still effective? Check.
* Sanctimonious holier-than-thou quote? Check.
* Crazy “ZOMG YOU ARE SO GONNA BURN IN HELL” letter with a ludicrous call-to-action? Check.
* Email a few folk and leave it to their hands to do a little viral marketing campaign. Check.

First time I read his email, I said “Dang, I’ve been had!!!!”.

B, you’re really gonna get it this time. *hehehe* But I have to hand it to you, master link baiter.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

17 Responses

  1. Avatar for googlemoneymaster googlemoneymaster says:

    it was really a fake. there are really those people who get offended by the pictures . Well that’s life. :) You just have to deal with it.

  2. Avatar for Biyahilo Biyahilo says:

    haha.. until I read your post, I was wondering how bryanboy able to sustain the number of visitors he had. he has consistently stayed on the top of pinoytopsites. just damn good link baiting technique!

  3. Avatar for jamie jamie says:

    lol master link baiter. sounds funny.

    i have actually forgotten how i stumbled upon bryanboy’s site. but i do remember that issue. maybe that jesus thing was the reason i went to his site, i have no idea.

    we can’t deny the fact though that the pictures are real and one way or another, some people are going to be offended by them pictures.

  4. Avatar for Ferrari Ferrari says:

    wow.. so that was a fake… we should make a petition saying that, stop killing and political violence to decrease MASS STARVATION!

  5. Avatar for CrunchSite CrunchSite says:

    Good idea! I first time i knew of Bryan was in an article in Inq7.net

  6. Avatar for L.A L.A says:

    OMG! Hindi pala totoo yun??! LOL!

  7. Avatar for BrianB BrianB says:

    I’m sure satan will be so happy about it.

  8. Avatar for eligio eligio says:

    Crazy. i will never do such thing for a link bait. Bibittin na ako patiwarek nyan dito sa bahay.

  9. Avatar for Christian Christian says:

    The oldest trick in the book and we all bought it. Linkbait = find a wound and pour salt in it

  10. Avatar for eric eric says:

    oh gee. i got pwned too! id never thought that it was all made up.

  11. Avatar for marhgil marhgil says:

    we’re pwnd! lufet! puro fake pala. teka, totoo bang gay sya? hehehe. baka fake din. LOL!

  12. Avatar for normanski normanski says:

    haha. smart.

  13. Avatar for Kates Kates says:

    In warcraft, we’re pwned.

  14. Avatar for Gail Gail says:

    Good thing you didn’t “forget” to put “Link” on your title, Master Speller! :D Hehehehe But then again, “Master Baiter of the Year” would HAVE been quite an effective title too! :lol:

  15. Avatar for boddah boddah says:

    he did got you there.. and this will give more traffic to that guy (gay) again..

  16. Avatar for ScIoN ScIoN says:

    ^^ haha! nice one!

  17. Avatar for Jojo Jojo says:

    More like ‘Master Baiter’ ;-)

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