Scrabulous on FaceBook

Well, I have been reading about this in the press (I was never a user) and recently came across this well balanced and sensible article from Rory Cellan-Jones on the BBC website. You will find his (amusing and well written) item here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/08/scrabulous_users_stunned_bemus.html

Make your own adverts! The Chevy way!

Recently came across this which, although now rather dated, still made me smile. http://digital-lifestyles.info/2006/04/07/when-corporate-mashups-go-wrong-chevy-tahoe/

It just goes to show what happens when the admen put the general public in charge of producing their own adverts. In short, it wasn't quite what they intended and although the pages have been removed from the Chevy site, there are many examples to be found on YouTube. You will find an example here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SiE4FXO8nDs, but a quick search on YouTube will reveal many more.

For me, this links to a previous post on the perils of advertising on Social Networking sites. You will find the post here.