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| Clip from a viral video claiming the existence of a real hoverboard, like ones seen in Back to the Future II & III |
The internet community “Don’t Ruin Our Fun” has had enough
with websites such as Snopes that debunk exciting and interesting stories
circulating the internet. They say the reasoning of these sites, that the stories are not true, is not adequate justification for the interference.
The group became enraged yesterday after Mashable found
proof of who had created the Huvr hoverboard hoax that had exploded all over
the internet. Within hours, videos of a "real-world" hoverboard had
been shared and seen by millions. Mashable, through some digging, discovered
that the site Funny or Die was behind the gag.
“Most of us could never afford to purchase the board anyway, so what’s the point of telling us they don’t really exist?” said DROF site administrator Derrick Jones. “Why can’t you just let us believe in the impossible? Who was Funny or Die hurting by creating this story?”
For over ten years DROF has been making the argument that news and other
websites should cease from disproving stories They gained followers
after the disproving of a famous video claiming cell phone radiation could cause corn kernels
to pop. The video turned out to be an ad for Bluetooth headsets.
Key Weekly asked Mr. Jones how DROF could feel their position is a responsible one, considering people's tendency to be quick to accept any information presented
online. He replied, “These objectivists and their enjoyment-killing, science mongering
try to take all the magic away that the internet breathes back into life. That
doesn’t help anything. And it’s not like it will help people stop being
ignorant in the first place!”
DROF’s demands and blog articles concerning the issue
have failed to go viral or be seen by any significant number of people.
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