Re:Skittles.com: Interweb the rainbow
by moe on Monday March 02, 2009 @05:19PM
(#500694)
I think you're missing how clever this is. #skittles is the #1 trending topic on search.twitter.com
What is the value of being the #1 trending topic on twitter?
Will they sell more skittles because people read about it on twitter?
I somehow doubt it...
If you're at all plugged in, you can't get away from this.
About 99.6% of internet users beg to disagree (that's the percentage of users who don't have a twitter account). Now, as an exercise, try to extrapolate the total reach of this campaign in terms of real world sales.
I don't think it's earth-shattering, either, but what does that have to do with anything?
Well, when I posted my comment the thread was full of people praising this mashup like the second coming. I just wondered if I missed something essential, but apparently this is just a similar effect to the twitter phenomena. - Lots of buzz and little substance.
What is the value of being the #1 trending topic on twitter? Will they sell more skittles because people read about it on twitter? I somehow doubt it...
If you're at all plugged in, you can't get away from this.
About 99.6% of internet users beg to disagree (that's the percentage of users who don't have a twitter account). Now, as an exercise, try to extrapolate the total reach of this campaign in terms of real world sales.
I don't think it's earth-shattering, either, but what does that have to do with anything?
Well, when I posted my comment the thread was full of people praising this mashup like the second coming. I just wondered if I missed something essential, but apparently this is just a similar effect to the twitter phenomena. - Lots of buzz and little substance.