EvilTexan wrote:Hey all, long time lurker - first real post
I've got 2 things:
1) Since we're all just postulating on the information drip, figured I may as well throw my hat in the ring for something odd I noticed while refreshing all the sites all afternoon.
This meme post: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada ... re_moving/
What got my attention is that it's a really bad deepfake, just like the "I Feel Good" HI deepfake is not "top quality" either - but that seems to be almost intentional. The content of what is being said in the video alludes to a group of observers recognizing that it's an attempt to make a "full dimensional" video or display of the brothers. I'm thinking the sampled audio may be referencing holograms/androids/clones, it'd be interesting to find the source for context.
This is posted on the same day as the HI facebook deepfake with a brand new account made seemingly to only post that video. This account confirms that it is a deepfake in the comments (twice, oddly enough) today at around the same time the Twitter likes are going out, but then it doesn't interact with any other thread all day today. Given that the name of the account is BoardsOfBadadada, it very well could be a throwaway troll account or some random meme one of you all made (if so - kudos).
I'm grasping at straws, but with the flurry of activity going on, we may as well grasp at everything. Which leads me to point number two...
2) Why don't we ask MDG about what's going on?
I read over a lot of BOCpages and he seems like a generally nice dude in most of the interactions he's had with Twoism and WATMM in the past. He hasn't said anything in a long time, but was last online ~2 weeks ago. He could confirm whether it's hackers or intentional at least.
I'm not sure if I'm committing a massive faux pas by even asking about him, but it couldn't hurt to ask what you all think about it.
Thanks for humoring me, I think we're onto something.
No worries with these questions. We all ask them at some point while we're here. Only thing you gotta watch out for, especially on reddit, is the fakers. While the Catherine Fell thing was going on last summer, so many people piggy-backed off it with their own imitations and false leads. I feel people are going to do the same with this semi-legit wave of activity. So I'd be skeptical if it didn't come from any official BOC accounts and/or is posted from a throwaway account on reddit.
As for MDG, I'm sure he'll show up soon enough if this is fake. He tends to exist as a gatekeeper for these sort of things. He's shut down tons of fake stuff that could potential harm the band's image.
Welcome to the ride btw
Sorry for any confusion
