Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10136679-36.html

by jkopelman • 18 years ago

47 32 18 years ago

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sebastian• 18 years ago

Brilliant!

compay• 18 years ago

Do something heartless, and then kill your heart.

SwellJoe• 18 years ago

I don't think I'd have any friends left, if I deleted ten. Good thing I'm a vegetarian.

geuis• 18 years ago

So if I add 10 friends, do I get something from Whole Foods?

tokenadult• 18 years ago

This is a genuine LOL.

josefresco3• 18 years ago

This is the perfect time for a whole foods seller to piggyback on this great PR machine and get some publicity for themselves by doing exactly what you suggested.

sam_in_nyc• 18 years ago

I love whoppers.

rms• 18 years ago

You can always add them back. Of course in the process you'll have to mention Burger King...

Burger King.

jwesley• 18 years ago

Very clever and has already garnered loads of media attention, but I always wonder with ad campaigns like this how much it really adds to the bottom line. Might just be an amusing waste of money.

ojbyrne• 18 years ago

I bet more than half the people who get the coupon will get fries and a drink with their free whopper. Which is probably enough for breakeven.

likpok• 18 years ago

Seriously, who doesn't have 10 friends to lose? Or you can add 10 random people if you don't feel like alienating your "real" friends.

rglullis• 18 years ago

I was thinking the exact same opposite. I'd delete my very best friends. The ones that know that wouldn't feel hurt by what is supposed to be a joke.

rscott• 18 years ago

Done. Note, it's a mailed coupon so you have to wait 2-4 weeks.

mseebach• 18 years ago

Are you serious? Talk about having a fun idea and then totally dropping the ball.

paul7986• 18 years ago

Do they still have that mascot King - gave me the willies

comatose_kid• 18 years ago

Finally - a really great way to piss off all of my Hindu friends...

paraschopra• 18 years ago

Frankly, I didn't get the joke

josefresco3• 18 years ago

Moooo... look it up.

sundeep• 18 years ago

hint: Hinduism has a taboo on eating beef.

river_styx• 18 years ago

American cows are fair game.

lsb• 18 years ago

Imagine, Facebook realizes that people just friend people willy-nilly, so they team up with Burger King to find out who people value less than a tenth of a hamburger (McDonald's quarter-pounders, if memory serves, are $1.25 or so). Pretty slick marketing.

ggruschow• 18 years ago

Does anyone know who is responsible for this idea & campaign? I'd like to work with them.

gaius2• 18 years ago

The same people who do the I'm a PC campaign. You know, the one that has a bunch of paid actors all saying "I'm a PC" but doesn't show any machines doing anything.

josefresco3• 18 years ago

I think MS missed the mark on that campaign. I wanted them to go for the throat and poke fun at the perceived smugness/hipster attitude of Mac owners. Instead they took the high road ... disappointing.

scorxn• 18 years ago

http://www.cpbgroup.com/

iamdave• 18 years ago

I'm pretty sure there are 10 people on Facebook I only added because we had the benefit of going to the same high school without actually being friends in the first place, so sure why not. Less fluff on my Facebook account, and I get a free burger out of it.

Genius.

knieveltech• 18 years ago

It's the social networking equivalent of Soylent Green. I know where I'm going for lunch.

thetable• 18 years ago

Reminds me of German satire magazine Titanic, which would enter your name in a raffle for cash if you sent them proof of cancelling a magazine subscription.

teej• 18 years ago

This is the most creative use of a Facebook app I've seen in a long time. Facebook has been making it practically impossible for apps to to incentivize "integration points" (like adding friends). This is essentially incentivizing de-integration!

Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper

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