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Wikipedia Used For Apparent Viral Marketing Ploy

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. OK EVERYBODY!!!! SHHHHHHHHHH by phobos13013 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Just nobody reply and we will teach them a lesson not to use /. as a marketing ploy EITHER!!! Yes, so nobody reply, except me, and all those first posters that already beat me and those that might have had something important to say, like those insightful young late night cyberpunks who saw through this ruse, and anybody else who might have something informative to add to this particular post. But yea, everybody else, DONT REPLY!

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    ...and it should be known by now
  2. Re:Hmm by Gordonjcp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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