Social Media Gone Wrong - Shell lets the public write copy for their own ads.

[Matty]

Someone at Shell had an excellent idea - hey, let's put up an "ad generator" on our microsite that promotes the work we do in the Arctic. Let people play with pictures of wildlife and gorgeous scenery and tell us how good they feel about Shell.

http://arcticready.com/social/gallery

 

[stevek173]

ROFL these are GREAT

Mattayyyyyyyy

 

[Matty]

After doing some research, that microsite is probably not the work of Shell. Clever hippie propaganda. Funny regardless.

 

[MrMonkey]

After doing some research, that microsite is probably not the work of Shell. Clever hippie propaganda. Funny regardless.

LOL! Nice Matty and FYI, hippies >>> hispters!

 

[roguejuror]

 

[fiveteamer]

I think you just discovered memes.

 

[Boner_18]

Illegal use of corporate logo + potentially defamatory slogans. I hope big oil finds the perpetrators and feeds them their own parents. Gotta make an example of this shit.