BBspot
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Type of site | Entertainment |
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Owner | BBspot LLC |
Founder(s) | Brian Briggs |
URL | bbspot |
Launched | 1999 |
BBspot is a
The most successful hoaxes by BBspot include an article about premium accounts on
BBspot is a founding member of HumorFeed, a community of news satire webmasters; Briggs is also a member of the editorial board for Check Please!, a journal devoted to the serious examination of news satire and journalism.
Content updates to BBSpot ceased in November 2011, experiencing intermittent down time in the years that followed.[3] It resumed in December 2017 with the story "Valve Contracts George R. R. Martin to Complete Half-Life Story".
Content
BBspot is most notable for its
BBspot issues an award, the Technical Award of Excellence, for gadgets and technology, based on a series of obscure or superficial challenges; such as
The site also contains movie trailer reviews, internet-based guffs ("BBloopers"), regular guest columns and other items of general interest. There is also a
Press coverage
Several mainstream media outlets have represented the satire on the site as real news. Fooled outlets include TechTV's The Screen Savers show, the Discovery Channel as well as radio shows, major newspapers and books.[3]
Awards
BBspot won third place in the HumorFeed Satire News Awards twice, in 2006 for its story "Microsoft's AntiSpyware Tool Removes Internet Explorer" and in 2007 for "Teen Using Myspace To Lure Bands to Los Angeles". The Register named BBspot the "best tech humour site" in 2000.[4]
See also
- List of satirical magazines
- List of satirical news websites
- List of satirical television news programs
References
- ^ Thornton, Carla (2009-03-21). "Twitter fans fall for 'premium account' hoax". Reseller. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ Masnick, Mike (2006-11-28). "MPAA home theatre regulation satire hits too close to home". Tech Dirt. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ a b JD Thomas (2015-11-19). "19 stories that prove BBspot kicked ass". Words From Us. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ Cullen, Drew. "World's best tech humour site – and it still can't get on Slashdot". 2000-12-22. Retrieved 2018-05-14.