Samsung Offered StackOverflow Users $500 For "Organic" Publicity 146
First time accepted submitter rjmarvin writes "Digital marketing company FLLU, hired by Samsung to promote SSAC, offered $500 to StackOverflow users to pose 'casual and organic' questions over the next month about the 2013 Challenge. Android developer Delyan Kratunov turned them down, then posted the whole exchange on his blog. Outrage, of course, ensued." Sorry, no bounty on the comments below.
Facebook does it, Slashdot does it (Score:5, Funny)
Ads posing as content. Samsung probably felt left out.
Re:Samsung, Apple, Phhft (Score:4, Funny)
Apple uses religion, not money.
Re:Tricky. I see what you did there. (Score:5, Funny)
I must admit, seeing this article made me go check out their site [samsung.com]. They made this massive organic publicity through the Streisand effect.
Hmm..
I agree I too checked out their site [samsung.com]. It indeed added value to my life and would recommend casually to a friend or fellow slash dot user to join me there
Anyone know anything about SSAC? (Score:5, Funny)
I am about to enter for the Samsung Smart App Challenge. Anyone know have any experience with this?
Re:Samsung, Apple, Phhft (Score:4, Funny)
Samsung, Apple, Phhft. All the same
How dare you compare Apple users to such crass, capitalistic attention whores!
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