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Link Collection: Kaycee Nicole Link Wrangler: Ryan Kawailani Ozawa (webmaster@diarist.net)

The Kaycee Nicole hoax generated a ton of mainstream and internet media coverage, and while it cast a shadow of skepticism on web journals, it also sparked a whole new wave of interest in the genre of online diaries and personal weblogs. Here's a fairly comprehensive collection of citations — send additions and corrections to webmaster@diarist.net. Did Kaycee Live, or Die? Dan Gillmor, SiliconValley.Com, May 20, 2001 Faking a death online Dave Winer, DaveNet/Scripting News, May 20, 2001 Webloggers Cope With Comrade's Death, and Then Her Denial Inside.Com, May 21, 2001 Life & Death Online Rick Hattersley, Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, May 21, 2001 A painful affair of the Internet heart (No Longer Available) Bob Sullivan, MSNBC, May 22, 2001 The Life and Death of a False Warrior Shirobara, Kuro5hin, May 22, 2001 Kaycee Nicole Rests in Pieces Chris Stamper, Netslaves, May 22, 2001 FBI declines to prosecute in 'Kaycee' Internet hoax Rick Hattersley, Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, May 22, 2001 Postal inspector won't investigate online hoax Rick Hattersley, Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, May 23, 2001 Fraude na rede (Portuguese) Pedro Doria, no.com.br, May 23, 2001 Kaycee's Story Sky Arnold, KWCH 12 Eyewitness News (Wichita, Kansas), May 23, 2001 Web community fooled by cancer victim hoax (Paid Archives) Lydia Zajc, South China Morning Post, May 23, 2001 Sono malata: grande truffa su Internet (Italian) Matteo Persivale, Corriere della Sera, May 24, 2001 Girl Alive and Well, Despite False Internet Reports Associated Press, Fox News Network, May 24, 2001 Hit & Run Suck.Com, May 24, 2001 Victim puts face on hoax (Paid Archives) The Oklahoman, May 24, 2001 A Case of Stolen Identity Clay Shirky, Feed Magazine, May 24, 2001 Web site on girl's leukemia a fraud Associated Press, Wichita Eagle, May 25, 2001 Girl's illness was Web hoax Associated Press, The Topeka Capital-Journal, May 25, 2001 Bridezillas and groomonsters Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, May 26, 2001 The short life of Kaycee Nicole Steve Dunne, MediaGuardian, May 28, 2001 De leugen Kaycee Nicole (Dutch) Nu.nl, May 28, 2001 Weaving a Tangled Web Kathy Foley, Nua Internet Surveys, May 29, 2001 Confession reveals woman's Web hoax (Paid Archives) Lydia Zajc, South China Morning Post, May 29, 2001 Surfin': Life, death, and lies on the Internet Keli Butler, The Activist (Raymond Walters College), May 29, 2001 Not Dead: Beautiful cancer victim a hoax Dianne Lynch, ABC News, May 30, 2001 A Beautiful Life, an Early Death, a Fraud Exposed (Registration Required) Katie Hafner, The New York Times, May 31, 2001 Lies Online Julie Martin, Chatting Online/About.Com, May 2001 Lies Online II Julie Martin, Chatting Online/About.Com, May 2001 Kaycee: Faking Life and Death Online? Laura Schneider, Internet Conferencing/About.Com, May 2001 Problemi? Prendetela con filosofia! (Italian) Lorenza Provenzano, Italia Online, May 2001 Deconstructing Kaycee John M. Grohol, Psych Central, May 2001 Velika internet prijevara (Spanish) KLIK Magazin/Iskon Internet, June 1, 2001 FBI passes on Internet hoax case (Paid Archives) The Oklahoman, June 1, 2001 Lessons From an Imaginary Life and Death Michaela Cavallaro, The Industry Standard, June 1, 2001 Plucky leukemia Weblog girl 'dies' Thomas C. Greene, The Register, June 1, 2001 FBI Drops Net Diary Hoax Associated Press, Cosmiverse, June 1, 2001 Kaycee's tear-jerking 'blog' was all online bilge Jenny Sinclair, IT News/Fairfax Interactive Network, June 5, 2001 The sad yet untrue story of Kaycee Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle, June 5, 2001 They Think They Feel Your Pain Jenn Shreve, Wired News, June 6, 2001 Bloggers Shed Tears and Rubberneck at F'd Weblog Inside.Com, June 8, 2001 Can the Net be Trusted? Damien Cave, Salon.Com, June 19, 2001 Qui a tué Kaycee Nicole (French) P. Lise, C'est Tout, June 20, 2001 World wide lie (Paid Archives) South China Morning Post, June 28, 2001 Special thanks to the users at MetaFilter, members of the Kaycee Nicole Forum, and especially Saundra Mitchell, both for her work in investigating the Kaycee Nicole hoax and in compiling many of the above links.