Facebook "Likes" for Japanese Relief Offer Sparks Outrage

[Steve the Pocket]

Mastiff should just donate the damn $25000, Japan needs it. Maybe they should have made it so for every 100 likes they donate an additional $100, including the base $25000.

But Mastiff already has donated money, and Swartz made a personal donation as well. So this is pretty much exactly what the company is doing: kicking in extra money in exchange for mouse clicks.

Except these aren't just "mouse clicks"; they're mouse clicks that add a thing to your feed saying you're a fan of their company, and increments their little "X people are a fan of our company" line on their page. It's almost like telling people to go around wearing a hat with your logo on it. The hat is free, and they can take it off later, but still. I think a lot of people ITT aren't getting that.

So McDonalds are morally right for requiring you to spend money on a product that they're still making a profit on, and donating a portion of it to charity

Yes. They're not expecting anyone to buy a Happy Meal just to send a buck to the Ronald McDonald whatever it's called. That would be pretty dumb, when anyone can just send that dollar directly to some charity or another. Now, I suppose it's possible that they really do figure people are that dumb, and the whole charity angle is an attempt to take advantage of those people. I can't vouch for the intentions of a faceless corporation that spends more on marketing than most companies have in their entire budget. All I'm saying is "Here's where some of the money you spend on our products goes" is a better angle than "Plug us to all your friends and maybe we'll do something nice for the world in return." Remember that if they fall one Like short of their quota, that's totally free advertising for them.

...God I hope quoting a hidden post after it's already been hidden isn't against the rules or something. I apologize if it is.

 

[Jumpingbean3]

Let's get the opinion of an Asian-American on this:


Let's explore why.

1) Asking someone for likes in exchange for helping people in this situation has already sparked controversy and decreases the lack of people who will like you.

2) Are you really appealing to THESE "PEOPLE"?!

By the way, yes I do remember Pearl Harbour. You know what else I remember? NAGASAKI!!!

A large part of me suspects Mastiff knows this and is hoping they can get a few likes without donating. I want to believe that isn't the way it is but I've seen people do worse things for money.