Offbeat: Breakdown: Yesterday’s ultra-viral hoax featuring Jenny, a.k.a. Elyse
anyone fooled by this needs to try harder. Jenny, the employee who quit her job via dry-erase board, was proven to be a hoax today. But then again, it did fool some people. We’re actually not disappointed. Anyone who looked at those photos would wonder why the quality of them was basically perfect, like they had been shot in a studio. Because they had been. This hoax flew through the Internet in a matter of hours, which leaves a lot of questions about both the girl (real name: Elyse “I’m freaking famous now” Porterfield) and the traffic she drew. So, let’s throw out some numbers.
- 20 girls applied to an ad looking for an actress for the role; Elyse was the obvious choice
- two the number of hours the photo shoot took – half of which was spent on waiting for a battery to charge
- 421,000 total Facebook shares (whoa)
- 2.5Mthe amount of traffic TheChive.com usually gets each month
- 2.5M the amount of traffic TheChive.com got yesterday alone
- 2.5M the amount of traffic TheChive.com got today (at last count)
- » How has it worked out for Elyse? Well … her Facebook fan page is brimming with new fans. Like, 4,100 or so. While she claims to have gotten more marriage proposals than job offers, she did get a few of those, too. She should do a commercial with the Old Spice Guy. source