BP Brand Jacking
Had to happen really. BP has now been brand – hijacked reported the crisis management website of US communicator John Taylor.
According to the website @BPGlobalPR (BP Public Relations) started tweeting only recently. It already has over 101,984 followers. Tweets include:
Just had our first meeting with our new boss. She made us watch a video of an autopsy…as a team-building exercise.about 8 hours ago via Twitterrific
We’ve hired Dick Cheney’s former publicist to head up our PR dept. Hopefully she can make us as lovable as Dick Cheney.about 9 hours ago via Twitterrific
As part of our continued re-branding effort, we are now referring to the spill as “Shell Oil’s Gulf Coast Disaster”. #bpcares
The URL on the Twitter accounts bio links to Streetgiant which is described as “launched in May of 2009 as a one-stop news hub for fashion, music, art, & party enthusiasts”.
Quit Facebook Day
In case you weren’t aware Facebook hasn’t been very respectful of your privacy of late and some people aren’t happy.
Mark Pesce works as a writer, researcher and teacher and wrote a piece on ABC The Drum on Why I quit Facebook (and you should too). And then website www.quitfacebookday.com promoted 31 May 2010 as quit Facebook day claiming over 35,300 quitters. To date it’s only a one page website.
The site is registered to a Matthew Milan in Toronto, Canada described on his Twitter profile as “Maker, Breaker and Designer of Systems and Interactions. Making the future more evenly distributed. Partner at @normativedesign”.
While 33,000 quitters worldwide does not seem an awful lot when you think of the 400 odd million registered users on Facebook the fact is it does appear to show a ground swell maybe happening. How much will be interesting to see.
