techcrunch.com — Burger King, through their insanely creative advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, launches a FB app that encourages users to remove friends. Sacrifice ten of em and you got a free Whopper. 233,906 friends were removed by 82,771 people in less than a week. This is the future of advertising. Or it could have been, if Facebook hadn’t shut it..
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kalimosJan 15, 2009
Because that doesn't sound like an invasion of privacy at all!
drdiggJan 15, 2009
...is wiping
gmacneillJan 15, 2009
Maybe he only wanted something from the kids menu, and was scaling it back...
mavrevmattJan 15, 2009
If you don't want everything you do seen by others, then don't do it online.
aserer511Jan 15, 2009
...are americans really that fat that we choose food over friends? REALLY, guise?
threedee912Jan 16, 2009
I have one gripe with Facebook. You can import all of your information from Gmail, a CSV, vCards, Outlook, AIM, etc, to Facebook...HOWEVER, Facebook does not allow you to export information from their site, due to "privacy reasons", and bans anyone who tries. They send a takedown notice to developers who make "Facebook Exporters" and forces them to cripple or remove their programs. (see: FriendCSV, FacebookSync, Facebook Scavenger, etc.)I still don't understand why this is not allowed! If you are friends, there shouldn't be any privacy issues.
refridgeronJan 16, 2009
no seriously. i want my freakin' whopper.
talkingwiresJan 16, 2009
I bet I could miss the origins of 100 memes...
supermosesJan 16, 2009
After, did you the Whopper?
Closed AccountJan 16, 2009
Definitely agree. Finally, someone found the perfect way to leverage social media as an effective advertising tool.
Closed AccountJan 19, 2009
Quite reasonable to quote Quagmire in this situation.