GasBuddy Blog

GasBuddy News Article

votes

Shell Oil's Social Media Nightmare Continues, Thanks To Skilled Pranksters Behind @ShellisPrepared

Forbes -- Two months ago, an “Arctic Ready” website appeared online. Festooned with Shell Oil’s logo, it purported to be a site dedicated to educating the public about Shell’s drilling for oil up North. It even included an interactive “ social media” component — an “ad generator” allowing visitors to caption photos supposedly provided by Shell. It looked a lot like Shell’s own Arctic-focused section of its site. But it is and was a fake, created by anti-Shell groups — Greenpeace and the Yes Men. And despite the fact that it has been reported as fake repeatedly, visitors continue to be duped by it and so it continues to generate controversy for Shell.

Read the Full Article

Submitted Jul 25, 2012 By: leemun

Back To News

Category: Daily News Article Discussions > Topics	Add to favorite topics

Author	Topic: Shell Oil's Social Media Nightmare Continues, Thanks To Skilled Pranksters Behind @ShellisPrepared	Post a Reply Back to Topics

REPLIES (newest first)Ignore Short Messages

First

Next Last

Ahking Champion Author Orange County Posts:3,599 Points:621,360 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jul 28, 2012 2:30:48 PM Ignore Ahking Report Abuse ok
sluggopyle Champion Author North Carolina Posts:23,608 Points:1,075,890 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 8:21:27 AM Ignore sluggopyle Report Abuse => Just goes to show you, the eco left terrorists (green peace, sierra club and the like will stoop to any level). By "any means"... a credo often championed by marxists, socialists and communists. <= Actually what it's called is "satire". What the hell have you been reading? Because it obviously wasn't the article... => It's free speech. Satire. Amazing how righties are obsessed with the 2nd amendment but think there are laws against making fun of dirty corporations. <= Amazing, isn't it? The sycophant zombies come out of the woodwork, chanting "yes master, may I have another?" [Edited by: sluggopyle at 7/25/2012 9:23:44 AM EST]
doeslayersr Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,298 Points:898,730 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 6:28:18 AM Ignore doeslayersr Report Abuse Just goes to show you, the eco left terrorists (green peace, sierra club and the like will stoop to any level). By "any means"... a credo often championed by marxists, socialists and communists.
gougenator Champion Author Dallas Posts:30,036 Points:3,270,090 Joined:Aug 2003	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 5:01:45 AM Ignore gougenator Report Abuse Royal Douche Sham
jcurley Champion Author California Posts:8,018 Points:1,801,520 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:32:48 AM Ignore jcurley Report Abuse Good! Oil companies commit crimes (like the BP explosion in the Gulf killed ~12 people), but apparently, corporations aren't considered people in this situation. Since we the people can't hold them accountable, I'm glad that Greenpeace is doing something.
joko0 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,106 Points:592,340 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:14:40 AM Ignore joko0 Report Abuse Ok
gabbygusIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:7,376 Points:1,587,575 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:05:22 AM Ignore gabbygusIN Report Abuse Free Speech!!
jflabbe96 Rookie Author Pennsylvania Posts:30 Points:73,900 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:04:46 AM Ignore jflabbe96 Report Abuse ok
hybridaholic Champion Author Appleton Posts:8,505 Points:1,583,515 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:04:35 AM Ignore hybridaholic Report Abuse Yuk, yuk, yuk.
BM4225 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:10,236 Points:2,118,620 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:03:06 AM Ignore BM4225 Report Abuse You can post anything you want these days on the web.
smenzel Champion Author Seattle Posts:2,180 Points:1,131,955 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:01:32 AM Ignore smenzel Report Abuse Ok
Z06KY Champion Author Louisville Posts:5,286 Points:933,415 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:59:57 AM Ignore Z06KY Report Abuse ok
LogansGasPrices Champion Author Indiana Posts:1,644 Points:1,060,515 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:57:46 AM Ignore LogansGasPrices Report Abuse Interesting
Blismo Champion Author Arizona Posts:2,274 Points:430,960 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:56:33 AM Ignore Blismo Report Abuse ok
Hunter724 Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:8,257 Points:1,673,550 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:53:47 AM Ignore Hunter724 Report Abuse Oh well........
ibrahim2012 Rookie Author Toronto Posts:13 Points:312,585 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:50:40 AM Ignore ibrahim2012 Report Abuse poor shell
abacus44 Champion Author Toms River Posts:3,600 Points:773,790 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:49:49 AM Ignore abacus44 Report Abuse OK
chuckwthompson Champion Author Charlotte Posts:3,895 Points:604,885 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:48:50 AM Ignore chuckwthompson Report Abuse Maybe Shell should take note.
KrsnaDragon Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,547 Points:558,250 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:45:44 AM Ignore KrsnaDragon Report Abuse Hmm...
fratt Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:9,965 Points:2,672,630 Joined:Jul 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:45:20 AM Ignore fratt Report Abuse Very funny.
wkb03 Champion Author Georgia Posts:2,100 Points:620,750 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:43:26 AM Ignore wkb03 Report Abuse Ok
prius22 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,359 Points:415,035 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:41:20 AM Ignore prius22 Report Abuse Greenpeace losers
ricebike Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,100 Points:1,869,875 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:39:03 AM Ignore ricebike Report Abuse meh
worker263 Rookie Author North Carolina Posts:41 Points:135,210 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:37:30 AM Ignore worker263 Report Abuse Big brother can take it off
BigDogOH Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:8,643 Points:1,835,520 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:36:07 AM Ignore BigDogOH Report Abuse Greenies false information and lies
leeso1 Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,748 Points:1,400,720 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:34:54 AM Ignore leeso1 Report Abuse hmmm
runner74 Champion Author Washington Posts:2,846 Points:595,940 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:31:05 AM Ignore runner74 Report Abuse ok
jci25946 Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,397 Points:966,290 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:29:57 AM Ignore jci25946 Report Abuse Yet another example of tree hugger lies and false information!!!
panda317 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:2,374 Points:712,700 Joined:Aug 2002	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:27:09 AM Ignore panda317 Report Abuse ok
firasatali Champion Author Toronto Posts:3,230 Points:589,300 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:25:41 AM Ignore firasatali Report Abuse ok
TIGERPAW46 Champion Author Florida Posts:7,241 Points:1,379,620 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:23:23 AM Ignore TIGERPAW46 Report Abuse Welcome to free speech? Then again, if the site appears that authentic maybe they can get them on copyright infringement.
hogfan24 Champion Author Arkansas Posts:2,117 Points:528,950 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:15:13 AM Ignore hogfan24 Report Abuse Ok
danny999 Champion Author Florida Posts:8,858 Points:1,665,785 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:13:41 AM Ignore danny999 Report Abuse They deserve it.Always the HIGHEST PRICES ON MANATEE AVE,IN BRADENTON FLORIDA.
ticouneON Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,767 Points:972,735 Joined:Jul 2010	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:08:19 AM Ignore ticouneON Report Abuse Ok
rx7racerca Champion Author Calgary Posts:4,316 Points:1,137,435 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:07:08 AM Ignore rx7racerca Report Abuse It is a pretty funny send-up of Shell's advertising, if you realize that's what it is; that said, I would think Shell has an easy trademark infringement case here, since the site doesn't announce itself as a parody at any point - and clearly many visitors don't figure it out either.
nurdco Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:9,382 Points:1,722,110 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 3:02:17 AM Ignore nurdco Report Abuse GreenPeacce manipulators
dancygreen Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,188 Points:511,370 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:58:41 AM Ignore dancygreen Report Abuse tough
bsg75 Veteran Author Chicago Posts:434 Points:137,610 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:56:11 AM Ignore bsg75 Report Abuse It's not a "loophole." It's free speech. Satire. Amazing how righties are obsessed with the 2nd amendment but think there are laws against making fun of dirty corporations.
SteelPenny Champion Author Dallas Posts:31,291 Points:2,633,690 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:56:04 AM Ignore SteelPenny Report Abuse ok
Bill100 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:41,741 Points:1,189,570 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:47:01 AM Ignore Bill100 Report Abuse The price of trying to capitalize on social media.
gas_too_high Champion Author Columbus Posts:11,686 Points:1,959,415 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:44:47 AM Ignore gas_too_high Report Abuse Sounds like Greenpeace has found a loophole in current law. Likely that won't last. GTH
UBDave Champion Author British Columbia Posts:1,269 Points:1,399,930 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:41:07 AM Ignore UBDave Report Abuse One of the pitfalls of social media...
SteveMartin Champion Author New Orleans Posts:4,548 Points:910,715 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:38:53 AM Ignore SteveMartin Report Abuse Liberal pin heads. I don't trust them.
Gasazhunter Champion Author Phoenix Posts:4,351 Points:1,055,420 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:37:44 AM Ignore Gasazhunter Report Abuse Ok.
Matt G Champion Author Boston Posts:4,668 Points:2,799,765 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:37:13 AM Ignore Matt G Report Abuse Ok
cheapmonkee Champion Author Portland Posts:30,487 Points:3,199,110 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:35:24 AM Ignore cheapmonkee Report Abuse Need a concentration camp for these nutjobs.
TXryder Champion Author Texas Posts:2,854 Points:460,510 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:35:18 AM Ignore TXryder Report Abuse The nightmare is the price at the pump.
Pozole Champion Author Portland Posts:9,765 Points:1,622,220 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:34:10 AM Ignore Pozole Report Abuse ...I love it !...
Scoutca All-Star Author Orange County Posts:525 Points:1,604,985 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:29:51 AM Ignore Scoutca Report Abuse Nice post hot rod bro!! What goes around comes around or something like that????
Quick68 Champion Author Columbus Posts:8,448 Points:1,253,500 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:24:12 AM Ignore Quick68 Report Abuse Our real nightmare is in Washington, D.C.