Grand Theft Auto is out now and as expected, so are the raisin cakes to blame all of society's issues on our culture. I thought this was one of the dumbest of the videos. Enjoy!
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May 03, 2008
November 07, 2007
Facebook: Your Ad Here!
Look out hipster Americans! Social networking website Facebook has announced new ways to show how one would sell their soul to a product. An article I found on the New York Times website here, says that Facebook will now give companies the capability of making a profile on their website to "advertise" their product. A user would simply friend that profile and a news feed would show up saying that they are "a fan" of said product. The only instance where Facebook would charge a company is when they put an advert below the news feed announcement.
Take it as you will, Corporate America has done it again. What better way to sell a product than by having it come as a suggestion from a close friend a la Facebook? It would be hypocritical of me to denounce this scheme though because we are all influenced by adverts everyday. Those of us with iPods should know full well what the power of influencing the trend-setting will do to sales. Using Facebook and close friends to manipulate sales seems evil, but at the same time, I have to give my kudos that Facebook realized a moneymaker when they created it.
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