Facebook "Likes" for Japanese Relief Offer Sparks Outrage
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They did. Microsoft donated the full $100k without running the promotion due to people shooting them for that.forsinain42 said:
http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/4x/gg/w9bm/253758/794541220.jpgGralian said:
There you go.
OP: Just donate the damn money. Trying to take advantage of a disaster, no matter how small the way, is disgraceful.
I'm all for them doing this. They are saying, "We will donate $1 for everyone who presses the like button", it's not them saying "We will donate $1 for everyone who buys our game".
It's no less scrupulous than celebrities saying "text XXXXX" to donate $10 to Japan and failing to mention to their (usually tween) fans that they will be charged for it.
It's no less scrupulous than celebrities saying "text XXXXX" to donate $10 to Japan and failing to mention to their (usually tween) fans that they will be charged for it.
No, try to "rationalize" it watever way you want, but its wrong ultimatelly
this is nothing more than a publicity stunt, and i dont like it
why?? because i HATE people taking advantage of this kinds of sittuation
here in México it happens all the time with goverment run "charity" organizations
EX: you donate 100 bucks, of those 100, the office you donated into take 10, of those 90 the "shipping" (a manner of speaking) takes 20, of those 70, 50 are left in each hand it passes, of those 20, 10 are wasted in expenses that arise from sending the money, and from tose 10, 9.30 are stolen in the hands of the people who gives the money to the intended targuets, so of 100 bucks i donated, only .70 cents get to the people who need it...
the only way to get around this, is to stop donating and demanding the goverment do their job
and in the current situation, taking advantage of a catastrophy to get free publicity can only lead to more "smart" guys doing simmilar things, and the ultimate goal can be lost.
this is nothing more than a publicity stunt, and i dont like it
why?? because i HATE people taking advantage of this kinds of sittuation
here in México it happens all the time with goverment run "charity" organizations
EX: you donate 100 bucks, of those 100, the office you donated into take 10, of those 90 the "shipping" (a manner of speaking) takes 20, of those 70, 50 are left in each hand it passes, of those 20, 10 are wasted in expenses that arise from sending the money, and from tose 10, 9.30 are stolen in the hands of the people who gives the money to the intended targuets, so of 100 bucks i donated, only .70 cents get to the people who need it...
the only way to get around this, is to stop donating and demanding the goverment do their job
and in the current situation, taking advantage of a catastrophy to get free publicity can only lead to more "smart" guys doing simmilar things, and the ultimate goal can be lost.
You seem to forget that Bungie also sold T-shirts, if you didn't want to/or had time to play their game on the 1 day that the icon had to be changed so it would be counted toward earthquake relief, you could purchase a T-shirt with the proceeds going to earthquake relief, it wasn't just "play our game and we'll donate money and if you don't well sorry" like you make it out to beIrridium said:
I agree with you though that the outrage is pretty silly, because liking something on facebook is such a hard thing to do, its not like you can't just go unlike it later
If you didn't pay attention, Mastiff is a gaming company.Eico said:
Also, The Escapist is more than a video game website. It's a website for everything that has even remotely to do with video games. Therefore there will be some things that may not be focused around video games entirely. If this proves to tiresome for you there's always IGN and the like.
Things like this happen all the time: For every Happy Meal you buy, $1 goes to kids (or something) is never considered an outrage. McDonald's is huge and could afford to help kids without my purchase of Happy Meals... The deal is that this is a shocking once-in-a-lifetime disaster, and yes it is emotional, but paying for charity donations for other causes has to fall under the same scrutiny otherwise you are saying those other causes aren't worthwhile.
Not a good idea. Still, I think they should have just said "Fine, we won't donate anything" and skipped off after the first wave of hate.
As someone previously mentioned, clearly McDonalds should as well, considering how they donate a dollar to charity with every Happy Meal sold. Those sick bastards.buy teh haloz said:
I don't see a problem If I'm honest. At the end of the day not many people are giving away £25k for nothing and a few likes cost bugger all. It's better than not giving any money at all and lets face It It's not like they have too give anything........
I wonder how many people upset at Mastiff would have been upset if this wasn't relief money for Japan. Some gamers and members of geek subculture in general have this (unjustified) love of all things Japanese, so seeing Mastiff ask for FB Likes in return for donating money to Japan's relief effort is suddenly an affront... where buying Ethos water from a Starbucks wouldn't provoke the same reaction, despite the latter actually costing these criers money and the former requiring a simple click of a button followed by, if you don't care to follow Mastiff, removal of the Like after the money is donated.
If you want to donate to the suffering people of Japan, don't find the dumbest reasons ever to NOT do exactly that.
If you want to donate to the suffering people of Japan, don't find the dumbest reasons ever to NOT do exactly that.
