^To be precise, they weren't messing with the internet per se. Their announcement said that the prank show was never intended to be uploaded on to Nico Douga, and even after footage of it had been uploaded, the incident only blew up after the Internet-CSI Brigade dug up the Eufonius member's tweets.
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Originally Posted by Klashikari
I'm aware of that, so I should rephrase myself: there is no way you can have good intentions in general with the context at hand: toying with someone who is part of such kind of industry is really no laughing matter. At the very most, do it so the involved party won't have hope up too much and/or don't make them waste their time and money by bringing them for a public event.
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I lean more towards relentlessflame's interpretation of the events, but we'll never know for sure. It's looking quite similar to the existence of UFOs - nobody can prove they exist even with photo evidence, but nobody can prove that they don't exist either.