MetaFilter posts tagged with viralmarketing

Want to change the world? There's nothing to it.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:08 -0800

This YouTube video seems to break my browser. Does it play alright for anyone else?

Terminaliens.

EarBucket — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:17:09 -0800

Remember these UFOs? In May of last year, pictures were posted anonymously on Craiglist and Flickr of strange objects in the California sky. This Monday night, the mystery was solved.

"Yes, I've been jailed on six continents. All I have to do is kill a penguin."

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:34:10 -0800

Hey look, the Cerne Abbas giant has a buddy. Unamused pagans wish for rain.

lonelygirl15: fact or fiction?

ThePinkSuperhero — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 16:20:56 -0800

One of the most famous characters on youtube is lonelygirl15 (this link being the most comprehensive summary of her story I've seen). Virginia Hefferton of the NY Times is one of the countless people trying to unravel the mystery of whether her video blogs are the ramblings of a cute homeschooled girl and her nerdy crush, or part of a larger marketing campaign.

This dish is being eaten hot.

docgonzo — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:16:00 -0800

Hell hath no fury, etc. etc.

1. Place lots of yellow gnomes in public places. 2. ??? 3. Metafilter post!

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:04:28 -0800

"For years people laughed at me. But my dream reoccured so often that I was sure that one day the yellow gnomes would visit our planet with a very special message for us. Now I am not alone anymore." These yellow gnomes have apparently appeared all over NW Europe. Today a fresh batch was discovered in Abcoude, Netherlands (in Dutch). And yes, of course there is a forum. Art or crazy?

It's time you exercised your music muscle again.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:41:36 -0800

Remember that image where you had to guess the band names? Well, this time the image is a movie, and the band names are song titles. [quicktime]

Flap your wings and fly to Daddy...

nelleish — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:35:40 -0800

noitulovE - Rewind the rhythm of life, find the purpose of evolution?
First link direct to Quicktime, second to lyrics, third to lauding press release

Now can we stop posting these?

dersins — Thu, 26 May 2005 09:39:58 -0800

C o n t a g i o u s M e d i a ......................................................................

Dr. Angus Interventions

sciurus — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 04:43:54 -0800

Dr. Angus Interventions would like to have a word with you. [flash, sound]

Your move, creep!

Hildago — Wed, 28 Apr 2004 23:40:18 -0800

A futuristic robot polices the chaotic streets of a developing nation in this [creepy] spec commercial/corporate video." Quicktime is involved. Also, people who are scared of robots might not want to watch, because there is a robot in this video.

build your own datacenter

tcp — Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:44:07 -0800

The Intel IT Manager Game lets you manage an IT department (flash, reg. required, you don't have to enter a valid e-mail address). Here is another attempt (click "Simulation" at the top). For those who rather calculate than point-and-click, try the Ipas TCO simulation. [via Flex-MX Blog]

Viral Marketing For America?

Steve_at_Linnwood — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 10:38:21 -0800

Is Howard Dean conducting viral marketing? [more inside]

park life

crunchland — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 05:53:42 -0800

Park Life is an urban hipster-themed, viral-marketing, platformer game [shockwave]

_sirmissalot_ — Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:08:06 -0800

Are you "e-fluential"? It's possible you are without even knowing it--you never know who might be listening in. While I don't find all gadget/soft drink/product discussions insidious, it does seem like they pop up pretty regularly. Has anyone here been contacted? Or are these companies (and others like them) just targeting product-oriented boards?

danhon — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:57:38 -0800

Viral Marketing Wants You! Do you want to hype the new season of your tv show? Recruit fans to post what you want them to post in the places you tell them to. Courtesy of the Hype Council. Sure to hit Metafilter soon!

luser — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 04:02:16 -0800

Attractive people planted in bars are being paid to chat you up...about the New Sony Ericsson T68i!

and so am I

crunchland — Wed, 05 Jun 2002 11:29:18 -0800

I must admit, I've always had my doubts about some of you... Corporations hire viral marketing firms to spread misinformation and bogus votes of support for their products on internet message boards. With all the front page entries about new movies, new records and new colored cola drinks, are we all being manipulated and duped by the marketing weasels even here on Metafilter?

Danelope — Wed, 16 May 2001 00:38:34 -0800

The creators of Operation Swordfish are attempting to capitalize on the rampant success of The Game in the most lameassed, riding-on-coattails manner possible. Apparently, the first step on the road to ripoff is (not) hiding the password to your 'secret' site in your online trailer.

Aaaugh! — Tue, 26 Dec 2000 22:28:12 -0800

How's this for viral marketing? In order to promote their weblog feature, Xanga.com created a weblogger. Last week, many Geocities users received the same message (included inside) from "Bianca Broussard", in which she says, "I was noticing your writing style, and I think the weblog format might really work well for you." They actually created a fictional person and gave her a blog with over a month of entries. Pretty sneaky...

owillis — Thu, 05 Oct 2000 01:13:26 -0800

Yet another attempt by the networks to use "underground marketing" to promote their new shows. Pretty transparent.