Never Yet Melted » Burger King http://neveryetmelted.com The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:55:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Facebook Sacrifices a Whopper of a Promotion http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/01/15/facebook-sacrifices-a-whopper-of-a-promotion/ http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/01/15/facebook-sacrifices-a-whopper-of-a-promotion/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:13:49 +0000 JDZ http://neveryetmelted.com/index.php/facebook-sacrifices-a-whopper-of-a-promotion/ FaceBook shut down Burger King’s Whopper Sacrifice promotion, citing privacy concerns. I agree with Michael Arrington that the decision was the kind of triumph of corporate stodginess over creativity and humor that demonstrates that the people in charge, with the power, haven’t a clue.

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Would you trade 10 friends for a hamburger?

Burger King is running a promotion called Whopper Sacrifice. The idea is that FaceBook members can receive a coupon good for one free Whopper for every ten persons they eliminate from their friendship list.

Hopefully our (former) friends will understand.

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