Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper

[DiscGo]

Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper
Posted by Caroline McCarthy


Facebook's developer platform has been used for a zillion marketing campaigns so far, but this one is actually dead-on hilarious.

Fast-food chain Burger King has created "Whopper Sacrifice," a Facebook app that will give you a coupon for a free hamburger if you delete 10 people from your friends list.

Burger King has put out some interesting campaigns as of late ("Whopper Virgin," "Subservient Chicken"), but this one piques our interest because of how gleefully it pokes fun at our social-networking obsessions. "Now is the time to put your fair-weather Web friendships to the test," the Whopper Sacrifice site explains. "Install Whopper Sacrifice on your Facebook profile, and we'll reward you with a free flame-broiled Whopper when you sacrifice ten of your friends.

The funniest part: The "sacrifices" show up in your activity feed. So it'll say, for example, "Caroline sacrificed Josh Lowensohn for a free Whopper." Unfortunately, you can't delete your whole friends list and eat free (however unhealthily) for a week. The promotion is limited to one coupon per Facebook account.

My Facebook friends had better appreciate the fact that I made a New Year's resolution to cut out red meat. Hint, hint.


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[CarpeyBiggs]

Dan (or is it Tim?), I don't want to be mean, but you might get sacrificed today. Thanks for the info! :roflol:

[blueeyes]

Off with their heads!! :haha: Who am I sacrificing today.... it is lunch time and Burger King is the closest fast food resteraunt.

[devo_stevo]

Too bad I'm not on Facebook and I don't eat at BK. I do think that it's a pretty hillarious thing to do though.

Kudos to BK for thinking outside the box in the marketing department.

[KapitanSparrow]

I only got about 10 friends on Facebook :ne_nau: And I don't like BK. Nevertheless, why can't Starbucks come up with such ideas? :haha:

[Jaxx]

well looks like I'm joining face book now. I'll get 10 friends then ax them and get me some whoppa'

[canyonphile]

Too bad I'm not on Facebook and I don't eat at BK. I do think that it's a pretty hillarious thing to do though.

Yeah, that.

I've gotten Facebook invites from two friends, both of which I've ignored as it requires you to start a facebook page in order to view theirs, which I have no interest in doing. As I told one friend - I waste enough time on the internet as it is; I don't need any more reasons.

Besides, no offense to anyone that has a facebook page, but the couple I've seen (or, they could have been MySpace - I wouldn't know the difference) were boring and pointless.

Blogs are different - I read several, but they must be informative or entertaining, like LOTD :haha: .

-SJ

[blueeyes]

Besides, no offense to anyone that has a facebook page, but the couple I've seen (or, they could have been MySpace - I wouldn't know the difference) were boring and pointless.



That they are! :lol8:

[Don]

why can't Starbucks come up with such ideas? :haha:

Oh, yeah. I might delete my account for a free starbucks. :haha:

[DiscGo]

Dan (or is it Tim?), I don't want to be mean, but you might get sacrificed today. Thanks for the info! :roflol:

:haha:

[greyhair biker]

BK is not worth sacrificing my friends.
Now a Carls Jr.....that's a different story :haha:

[Sombeech]

BK is not worth sacrificing my friends.
Now a Carls Jr.....that's a different story :haha: