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In 1995, a fan created a parody site claiming to be Reznor's homepage. It was called "Reznor's Edge" and was also the source of the fake rumor from 1997 that the follow-up to ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' was already completed and would be titled ''Impossible Pain''.[https://nothing.nin.net/edge.html]

In 2016, prior to the release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'', a new NIN single was rumored, with the title "Dive And Slam". The information was sourced from someone claiming to have seen it on a Kobalt Music Group internal database, even posting a screen shot as proof. The single was debunked by Reznor on Twitter.[https://assets.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7461016/nine-inch-nails-dive-slam-trent-reznor-not-true-kobalt]

In January 2020, a five-track ''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]'' "Tentative Sequence" CD (marked as being from late 2004) was sold on eBay by Amoeba Records. Tracks claiming to be from the CD were posted to archive.org the same month and while the existence of such a CD was verified by [[Rob Sheridan]], the tracks were found to be elaborate fakes.[https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/5831-With-Teeth-Tentative-Sequence]

After the release of the ''[[Watchmen (Music From The HBO Series)]]'' vinyls, an ETS user released a series of elaborately created remixes which were posted to Bandcamp and Soundcloud under the name "thninchnails". This was a shortened and stylized version of The Nine Inch Nails, the "alternate universe" moniker of NIN that was used in the faux packaging presentation on Volume 03 (''The Manhattan Project'') of the aforementioned vinyls. The remixes were done in the style of mid-90s NIN remixes and were released as faux singles for "[[Hurt]]" and "[[Heresy]]", with the "Heresy" artwork being borrowed from the liner notes of ''The Manhattan Project''. A third installment was to come, but never got released.[https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/5917-thninchnails-hurt-(stained)-and-heresy-ep-(fan-made-remixes)]

Another ''Watchmen'' score universe joke came in the form of a fake recording of a 1995 "The Nine Inch Nails" show in Saigon, which was "surfaced" and posted to ninlive.com. This was a reference to the storyline of "The Nine Inch Nails" as told in the liner notes of ''The Manhattan Project'' vinyl, with the Saigon show being the last show ever performed. The recording was a file of pure noise, but also contained a folder with a real soundboard recording of the [[2005/12/10_Los_Angeles,_CA|Almost Acoustic Christmas 2005 show]] as a consolation.[https://www.reddit.com/r/nin/comments/ei6bsd/the_nine_inch_nails_live_archive_tnin_april_28/]

A ''Watchmen'' joke merchandise item was added to [[nin.com]] just before the release of Volume 03, which was dirt from the crater mentioned in the series. The item was called "Blue Sunday" and it was priced at $195. When attempting to add the item to the shopping cart, a popup stated "Due to FDTA regulations this item is not available for transport to your region." Some people were able to actually place an order for the item and were refunded, but also received a fake letter in the mail and/or a fake voicemail message that led some to believe that an ARG was underway.[https://watchmen.fandom.com/wiki/Blue_Sunday]

In May 2021, a Memorial Day weekend sale was advertised in the nin.com store, with a note that some new old stock media items had been located and placed up for sale. While there were legitimate media items, two joke items were added and shown as being "sold out": a LaserDisc of "[[Closure]]", and a cassette single of "[[Reptile]]". The cassette was even touted as containing the long-fabled unreleased song "[[Just Do It]]". The LaserDisc was, in reality, available for pre-order in 1997 through Trimark, but was canceled.[https://store.nin.com/collections/music][https://www.theninhotline.com/features/news.nin.net/monthly_041998.html]