The truth behind "Hockeyy Insiderr"

[shafnutz05]

This is probably old news to most of us, but he caught Deadspin's attention this week.

http://deadspin.com/5934256/hockeyy-insiderr-everyones-favorite-twitter-rumormonger-is-probably-a-17+year+old-kid

[Rylan]

nice. Feel better mikey?

[mikey287]

This is my surprised face.

[bhaw]

I love when people defend these guys:

"Well, to be fair, he did say the sky was blue. I looked outside, AND IT WAS BLUE. He HAS to have some sources."

[Mongoose87]

Probably shouldn't reveal his name on the internet. He's a *****, but he doesn't deserve to have his life ruined.

[columbia]

This was ever in question?

[shafnutz05]

This was ever in question?

No, but had no idea this guy made it "big" enough to be investigated by Deadspin

[columbia]

This was ever in question?

No, but had no idea this guy made it "big" enough to be investigated by Deadspin

They'll be looking into you, when you hit 40K.

[shafnutz05]

They'll be looking into you, when you hit 40K.

NHL Second Liner?

[DocEmrick]

They'll be looking into you, when you hit 40K.

NHL Second Liner?

[DocEmrick]

Regarding the article, yeah that's the nature of the internet.

With about $200 I could start a viral "hockey insider" campaign of my own, complete with a YouTube channel, Twitter, etc, and probably start making money off it in about 6 months after establishing a website, and a normal flow of content. For a kid, it's a lot more promising than working at Wendy's. Imagine going into your first job interview

"I worked at Best Buy/Wendy's/wherever..."

"I started a viral internet campaign that lead to over 1,000,000 views over the span of x days, caused controversy and discussion, and marketed it using x, y and z tactics." (Insert social media, and web for x, y and z). Show them revenue generated from Google AdSense, or a similar affiliate advertising program. Add in merchandise made from cafe press, and voila. You've got something for your resume.

[Idoit40fans]

Probably shouldn't reveal his name on the internet. He's a *****, but he doesn't deserve to have his life ruined.

I'm all for accountability.

[Idoit40fans]

This was ever in question?

No, but had no idea this guy made it "big" enough to be investigated by Deadspin

What is deadspin?

[Pitts]

I'm not convinced he is that 17 year old. But I find it both amusing and frustrating that he hides his identity. The twitter wars with the legit media crack me up.

[DocEmrick]

Eklund was the first to do this in the modern world, but he wasn't the first to build a business off BS and have people pay actual money for absolutely nothing. I'd say that's far worse than some kid on Twitter.

Eklund still has a subscriber section right? Wasn't it like $10/mo?

[Pitts]

This "Insider" guy is supposedly building a website now...how much you want to bet he charges for true "inside" information.

He's smart...build up a huge following on twitter, build the site, charge for membership = huge immediate windfall.

[columbia]

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[DocEmrick]

He's late, should've launched it all simultaneously. Now with the bad PR people won't make the jump.

[DocEmrick]

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[Pitts]

He's late, should've launched it all simultaneously. Now with the bad PR people won't make the jump.

Yes they will....they did it with Eklund, they'll do it with this joker. There are many, many stupid people in this world.

[mikey287]

He's late, should've launched it all simultaneously. Now with the bad PR people won't make the jump.

Yes they will....they did it with Eklund, they'll do it with this joker. There are many, many stupid people in this world.

Many.

[Malkamaniac]

Probably shouldn't reveal his name on the internet. He's a *****, but he doesn't deserve to have his life ruined.

I'm all for accountability.

I'm in for this.

[Pitts]

Ha-ha...last night "someone" told him Gretzky had a heart attack and he tweeted it without verifying it. This morning he has to go out and say "sorry!"

What a goon!

[Pitt87]

This is probably old news to most of us, but he caught Deadspin's attention this week.

http://deadspin.com/5934256/hockeyy-insiderr-everyones-favorite-twitter-rumormonger-is-probably-a-17+year+old-kid

Odd that you say 'the truth' when you and the author of the article can't know for sure.

[shafnutz05]

This is probably old news to most of us, but he caught Deadspin's attention this week.

http://deadspin.com/5934256/hockeyy-insiderr-everyones-favorite-twitter-rumormonger-is-probably-a-17+year+old-kid

Odd that you say 'the truth' when you and the author of the article can't know for sure.

The title of the thread wasnt meant to be a serious critique. I just thought it was funny Deadspin covered him since he's gotten so much attention on the board. Are you Hockey Insidderrr?