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news.cnet.com - 1/9/2009

Delete 10 Facebook friends, get a free Whopper

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(Credit: Burger King) 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 ...

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blog.facebook.com - 1/7/2009

A Great Start to 2009

— blog.facebook.com — Today, we reached another milestone: 150 million people around the world are now actively using Facebook and... almost half of them are using Facebook every day. This includes people in every continent—even Antarctica. (more) A Great Start to 2009

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obsessable.com - 1/13/2009

Facebook set to overtake MySpace in U.S. popularity this year

— obsessable.com — While Facebook has seemed like king of the social networking sites for a while now , boasting... the greatest number of new sign-ups, it's been engaged in a long game of catch-up with MySpace, one that finally looks like it may win in the coming year . The past year has seen a steady increase in (more) Facebook set to overtake MySpace in U.S. popularity this ...

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wiki.developers.facebook.com - 1/13/2009

Custom Tags Directory - Facebook Developers Wiki

— wiki.developers.facebook.com — From Facebook Developers Wiki Jump to: navigation , search There is currently no text in this page,... you can search for this page title in other pages or edit this page . Retrieved from " ... (more) Custom Tags Directory - Facebook Developers Wiki

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  Cute! Gotta love BK's marketing folks.

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Burger King: Will sacrifice Facebook friends for free Whopper
VentureBeat — It looks like Burger King has been reading into the prediction that cutting down on Facebook friends is going to be trendy in 2009. The fast food chain has developed Whopper Sacrifice, a Facebook application that rewards you for doing just that — delete 10 of your friends on Facebook, and score a coupon for the company’s signature burger. That’s much easier than having to do the naked handstand proposed by the application page. As Homer Simpson would say, “Mmm…burger.” Here’s the twist: ...

Dump Ten Facebook Friends for a Free Whopper
AppScout — ... Why is Burger King giving away free food? The prime marketing objective seems to be an effort to gauge people's love of fast food in a rapidly changing culture of health and fitness. But the campaign does more than that. As CNET points out, BK's new promo is especially ironic "because of how gleefully it pokes fun at our social-networking obsessions." ...

Will You Drop 10 of Your Facebook Friends for a Burger King Whopper?
(Obsolete Feed) — ... that would require you to dropped off your 10 of your friends from your Facebook contacts. If you’d think that its all there is to this application, wait till your status updates displays the following - “Arnold sacrificed Andrew G.R. for a free Whopper.” This cracked me up a good laugh when I read about it here. ...