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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1998 internet hoax}}<br />
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'''''Our First Time''''' ('''OFT''') was one of the first widely popularized Internet [[hoax]]es. Eighteen-year-olds "Mike" and "Diane" made a public announcement declaring their intention to lose their [[virginity]]. The event would be broadcast live on ourfirsttime.com, so visitors could share the "experience".<br />
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OFT, which promoted itself as a free public service educational website, followed Mike and Diane day by day from July 18 to July 21, 1998, through [[HIV]] tests, condom selection, and telling their parents about their decision. So many millions of people attempted to view the site that the server crashed. [[Seth Warshavsky|The Internet Entertainment Group]] agreed to host it in exchange for links to their pornographic content.<br />
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Over time, some began to suspect it was a hoax. Mike and Diane looked older than 18 and appeared to be actors. "Mike" turned out to be Alabama actor Ty Taylor, and "Diane" turned out to be Michelle Parma, a former [[Dallas Cowboys]] cheerleader.<br />
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The enterprise fizzled when IEG backed out after the producer, [[Ken Tipton]], revealed that his plan was to make money by charging Internet users $5 each for "age-verification" but planned for the couple to decide to abstain on the day set for the deflowering.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/07/18/webs-virginity-event-a-hoax-companys-executive-says/|title=Web's Virginity Event A Hoax, Company's Executive Says|date=July 18, 1998|agency=Tribune News Services|location=Seattle, WA|work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* "Web's Virginity Event A Hoax, Company's Executive Says", Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1998.<br />
* [http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/archive/permalink/our_first_time/ ''Our First Time''] at [[Museum of Hoaxes]]<br />
* "Cyber Hoax"[https://web.archive.org/web/20041118095554/http://onyx.he.net/~hotmoves/LIC/hoax.html], H. B. Koplowitz, 1998.<br />
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