NokiaPlanB was a hoax • Hacker News Board

Re: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

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Post by aaronsw » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 1:00 AM UTC

What would be really cool is if "NokiaPlanB was a hoax" was a hoax -- anybody could register a NokiaPlanB Twitter account and claim this.

Re: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

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Post by raufrajar » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 1:08 AM UTC

aaronsw wrote: post #21

What would be really cool is if "NokiaPlanB was a hoax" was a hoax -- anybody could register a NokiaPlanB Twitter account and claim this.

But that twitter account won't enjoy redirection from nokiaplanb.com

Re: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

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Post by Andys » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 3:08 AM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #18

danilocampos wrote: post #2

It's a sad state of affairs for your company when an anonymous guy can put up a blog offering a fake plan to turn things around and get a boatload of attention and excitement. On the other hand: we're living in interesting times. A guy with an interesting idea can, overnight, capture the imagination of tens of thousands of people for very little time and money. I guess for anyone who was holding onto hope of a non-Ol…

False hopes and vague handwaving concepts have always been suitable vehicles for attracting attention and excitement, if that's all one is looking for. This "Nokia Plan B" was no different. It didn't offer anything actionable. Remember that the plan's main proposal was: Return the company to a strategy that seeks high growth and high profit margins through innovation and overwhelmingly superior products with unrivale…

Nokia has been trying "innovation and overwhelmingly superior products" for years? could have fooled me..

Re: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

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Post by brc » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 3:09 AM UTC

Congrats to those here who were skeptical of the initial announcement due to the lack of details.

Put me in the camp that says it didn't entirely start out as a hoax, but that a hoax looked increasingly like a good way of backing out gracefully after someone pointed out the rules.

Re: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

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Post by Vivtek » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 3:53 AM UTC

I guess that explains the lack of bios, then.

Re: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

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Post by Natsu » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 4:35 AM UTC

Is it bad that I never realized that anyone thought the site was anything except a joke?

Re: NokiaPlanB was a hoax

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Post by cap10morgan » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 5:49 AM UTC

Natsu wrote: post #26

Is it bad that I never realized that anyone thought the site was anything except a joke?

No. That's all it ever was. You get a "basic critical thinking" merit badge for realizing it.