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corvette · 08-15-2012, 12:42 PM

Mt. Dew had a "Dub the Dew" campaign to let the Internet choose the name for a green-apple infused soft drink...awfully optimistic

But promoters forgot just what they were dealing with when soliciting the opinion of the masses ? these were, after all, the same people who exiled rapper Pitbull to a Walmart in Alaska. As could have been expected, the results of Dub the Dew were so offensive and useless that the entire promotion needed to be shut down.

?Hitler did nothing wrong,? ?Diabeetus,? and ?Gushing Granny? all topped the online rankings to name the new drink, which Mountain Dew describes as ?Classic Mtn Dew with green apple attitude.? Other high ranking suggestions included ?Soda? and ?Sierra Mist,? but the online shenanigans did not stop there.

In addition to simply bombarding the poll with hilariously unusable names, the pranksters even went so far as to hack into the site, adding a banner that read ?Mtn Dew salutes the Israeli Mossad for demolishing 3 towers on 9/11!? and a pop-up message that resulted in an unwanted RickRolling.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/...#ixzz23e5ApQ1M

08-15-2012, 12:42 PM
corvette Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: scottsdale Posts: 7,880	Mt Dew has public poll to name new soda and has to shut promotion down Mt. Dew had a "Dub the Dew" campaign to let the Internet choose the name for a green-apple infused soft drink...awfully optimistic But promoters forgot just what they were dealing with when soliciting the opinion of the masses ? these were, after all, the same people who exiled rapper Pitbull to a Walmart in Alaska. As could have been expected, the results of Dub the Dew were so offensive and useless that the entire promotion needed to be shut down. ?Hitler did nothing wrong,? ?Diabeetus,? and ?Gushing Granny? all topped the online rankings to name the new drink, which Mountain Dew describes as ?Classic Mtn Dew with green apple attitude.? Other high ranking suggestions included ?Soda? and ?Sierra Mist,? but the online shenanigans did not stop there. In addition to simply bombarding the poll with hilariously unusable names, the pranksters even went so far as to hack into the site, adding a banner that read ?Mtn Dew salutes the Israeli Mossad for demolishing 3 towers on 9/11!? and a pop-up message that resulted in an unwanted RickRolling. Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/...#ixzz23e5ApQ1M __________________ If you need a good company for check writing services, then check out checkissuing, and for webhosting, check out Phoenix NAP