Those guys over at 4chan were at it again..... made me lol, when will marketing people learn?
The Dub the Dew campaign must have seemed like such a good idea at the time. After all, letting the Internet choose the name for a green-apple infused soft drink is great marketing and helps build brand loyalty, right? What could possibly go wrong? http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/ |
This is last weeks news, still lols though.
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/728061/thumbs/o-4CHAN-MOUNTAIN-DEW-570.jpg?12 |
The best part was the scrolling marquee text at the top of the page, didn't sanitize user input? smart!
Article: ...the pranksters even went so far as to hack into the siteNo they didn't last edited by scuzzy at 10:53:30 22/Aug/12 |
Here's the whole list: http://i.imgur.com/sIj00.jpg
It was funny to watch 'Tempest' continuously jumping up the list. Goes to show how rigged these contests are...not like it wasn't obvious already. Edit - http://i.imgur.com/Y1HhV.gif |
Wow, what a great extended list. I was so hoping the mountain dew legal team failed and they were legally required to honour the winning name.
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I like the ones moist nugget and mountain jew. What did they expect? Of course s*** like this would happen.
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