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after a 14-month chase to uncover the secret identity of the ‘fake steve’, headed largely and unsuccessfully by valleywag, brad stone of the nytimes was the reason why the blogosphere cried. i echo the sentiments of the author behind the blog,

Now you’ve ruined the mystery of Fake Steve, robbing thousands of people around the world of their sense of childlike wonder. Hope you feel good about yourself, you mangina.

here’s a look at what the rest of the blogosphere had to say:

The New York Times have spoiled the fun… Half of the fun related to the blog has been not knowing who the author was. - TechCrunch

Hope these media scrooges are satisfied spoiling the fun for the rest of us. - michael parekh on i.t.

This is just a big bummer. Not knowing who Fake Steve Jobs was part of the appeal of his blog. - zdnet, between the lines

Wow, how anticlimactic… They may have found you but they can’t kill the idea of FSJ, disappointing though it may be that the mystery’s been solved. - engadget

I’m sort of sorry that the suspense is over… - pc world

while you’re at it why don’t you ‘manginas’ go ahead and out the secret identities of santa claus, the easter bunny, and jesus christ?

also - who ‘fake steve’ is not: andy ihnatko, leander kahney, and harry shearer.