The Dutch woman claimed to have created a permanent reminder of 152 Facebook friends and posted a video that got more than two million hits on YouTube.
But the bizarre stunt was revealed to be a fake after the supposed tattoo artist admitted it was just a temporary tattoo.
The woman, who uses the name Suzyj87, had posted:
"After months of work I want to show you all my social Tattoo. Pretty amazing right? I'm really proud of it. Hope you like it too!
"Of course I gave it a lot of thought. These are not all my friends. Just the people I care most about. I got their permission and they were very proud to be on it.
"To me it represents who I am right now and the time we live in. And of course I love the looks of it."
Many YouTube users questioned whether Facebook friendships are as permanent as a tattoo.
"Congrats on a getting a fine piece done. Hopefully you remain friends with all those people in the long run,"wrote one commenter.
The hoax was a marketing stunt for a website that makes personalised products decorated with the profile pictures of people's Facebook friends.
The site claims to be selling a Mini Cooper decorated with Facebook pictures, although it is not clear whether this is just the site's latest stunt.
- Story taken from http://web.orange.co.uk/
Haa knew this was too epic to be true. Nice blog bro.
ReplyDeleteanother one profiting from viral hoaxes
ReplyDeleteheh oh well - viral hoaxes are laaaaaame
ReplyDeleteThat girl is pretty crazy, but it still an interesting story haha
ReplyDeleteI second what Timmy says. Anyways, nice blog brah, love the looks of it. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteAhaha interesting story o; Even temporary tattoos of facebook friends are pretty cool.. I guess
ReplyDeleteNow that it's been revealed as a hoax, it's time for a real winner to step up and do it for reals.
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lol not surprised it was a hoax... wouldn't have been that surprised if it were real though tbh
ReplyDeleteSomeone is gonna actually do this. I hope they do a whole body tattoo. That would truly be bad ass. Your face could have all your best friends, your genitals/ass could have everyone you slept with, bottom of foot could be your "friends", etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteso easy to fake, how could it not be?
ReplyDeleteIt was just a transfer, but now this tattoo parlor is on the map!
ReplyDeletehaha had to be a hoax, but a pretty funny one
ReplyDeleteDoes she have any real tattoos?
ReplyDeleteShame it's a hoax, that actually quite a cool tattoo!
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised. You'd have to be insane to actually do that.
ReplyDeleteLooks cool indeed! I wouldn't be surprised about that tattoo though.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually relieved. That tattoo was the dumbest idea.
ReplyDeleteAww. Wished it was real. ):
ReplyDeleteIt looked to real for a tat.
ReplyDeleteWell duh its fake! Tattoos don't look like photos good blog.
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I guess everything you see today is promoting something.
ReplyDeleteThings like this happen all the time..
ReplyDeleteHah. I knew this was a hoax when I heard about it. It had to be.
ReplyDeleteI bet somebody has actually done this now
ReplyDeleteHaha, not really fake since it was a tattoo, but just temporary. Anyways, good news ^^
ReplyDeleteDamnit, I thought it was real. That fake tattoo looks really cool.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why anyone thought it was real. It looks sort of photoshoped in that pic.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, the tattoo looks like crap.
ReplyDeleteNice post, it looks interesting. Could never get something like that for myself
ReplyDeleteWhen I first heard about someone getting that tattooed I was like -_- why would you ruin your arm with that. Now that I know it's a hoax.I say marketing genius!
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