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Wikipedia Used For Apparent Viral Marketing Ploy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the inevitable-abuses-of-trusting-systems dept.

jangobongo writes "An article over at BoingBoing discusses what appears to be a viral marketing ploy appearing in a Wikipedia entry. Quote: "Someone has apparently abused collaborative reference site Wikipedia in a viral marketing campaign for a BBC online alternate reality game." "

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  1. Wow, posting it on the front page of /. by deminisma · · Score: 4, Funny

    That'll really teach those BBC punks!

    1. Re:Wow, posting it on the front page of /. by mshiltonj · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's okay. It seems the target market of the game is "14-18 year old girls," and there are no 14-18 year old girls on slashdot.

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    2. Re:Wow, posting it on the front page of /. by Lars+T. · · Score: 3, Funny

      But some here scream like them ;-)

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  2. Re:And on slashdot by Ihlosi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes !

    Viral marketing at its very best. Well done, folks.

  3. Re:Hmm by Breakfast+Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hah nice try. It is obvious that your post is a part of that same viral marketing ploy.

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  4. Marketing people twisting facts? by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really????
    I can't believe it!

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  5. Re:Wikipedia will survive this by Spacejock · · Score: 3, Funny

    A bit of sensationalist nonsense is all.

    What, here?

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  6. Re:NO, it is NOT a viral Campaign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was nothing more than common garden vandalism for which I am sorry.

    So it was you who trashed the Blue Peter garden, you unspeakable bounder.

  7. BBC? Nooo!.. by mi · · Score: 3, Funny
    A profit-driven corporation -- maybe. But for people-owned BBC to do anything remotely unethical? No way!..

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  8. Interesting by jonoton · · Score: 3, Funny

    That the same day the BBC have an article about wikipedia....

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4152860.stm