Via Social Media Club, Time Warner is busted for cheating on YouTube. The video alleges that Time Warner created a mass of subscribers to the Superman channel to increase the visibility for its DVD. I haven’t yet checked out the Superman channel myself, but if this guy’s on the money, it is a great case study for what not to do with social media.
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Show comments Hide commentsI’m finally able to log-on (phew!). Thanks for this, will be running it on my side.
Self-police to the rescue :-).
Time Warner / AOL is one of the worst companies in existence. No smart web person or musician, or Blog Media Network mogul (heh: Jason Calacanis) will go near them.
Jason resigned. I don’t blame him.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s BS.
Boys, boys, boys when will you learn that sneaky behavior only makes you the butt of our blogging jokes? Did you actually think you could fool the community? There is a law (psst: it stems from sincerity and share, put that in your boardroom) and there…
D: I tracked-back to you on this one…did you not get it on your side? Just curious if the issue is on my side.
Well, whatever side, have a happy Turkey Day. Don’t buy Superman (not that you would).