Comments on: Fake Steve Jobs calling it a day

Dan Lyons, the former Forbes writer behind the Fake Steve Jobs persona, is shutting down The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs and plans to start a new site under his own name.

[Galaxy5]

Ahh, let's take the ***** outta Dan for this.

*One of his favorite New Englandisms, apparently.

[Galaxy5]

I like the way he really put the microscope on Ballmer, Yang, and Google during his "serious" posts. He's quite the good writer and pretty insightful as well.

[Penguinisto]

Well, every meme must die, even the lame ones. I'm guessing that with nobody even bothering to read him anymore (seriously, the guy backed SCO in SCO v. IBM, even when the most basic read on the situation said that SCO was committing suicide). Buh-Bye, Dan - nice try, but you can join Rob Enderle and Laura Whats-her-name in the dustbin of credibility now.

[daftkey]

Wow.. backing SCO.. that's where he "lost credibility" for you? Like, up until then you thought he was being serious?

Brings a whole new context to your own posts, doesn't it?

[Penguinisto]

I merely pointed out the SCO debacle as the greater of many. Try not to read too much into a sentence, 'kay? ;)

[toosday]

I stopped being interested once he was unmasked. Part of the fun was not knowing who he was.

[Michichael]

I wonder if an argument could be made that the NY Times caused him a loss of business?

[dsstroud]

ALL the fun was not knowing who it was. Once he was unmasked, he should have ended it. It was funny, but a key element of the humor was not knowing the true author's identity.