Brands beware: Best reactions to VH1 #AskThicke social fail
The pop world's poster boy of misogyny, famous for demoting female equality by roughly two centuries, was slaughtered on Twitter during a social campaign. Have a look-see.
The pop world's poster boy of misogyny, famous for demoting female equality by roughly two centuries, was slaughtered on Twitter during a social campaign. Have a look-see.
Apparently the pop-world wasn’t quite satisfied with the social circus that was #Susanalbumparty – instead – another digital head awoke to the harsh reality that it wasn’t just a terrible dream.
Twitter’s social supreme came out in force to poke fun at pop’s biggest bottom, and its quintessential poster boy of misogyny, Robin Thicke, after a social manager somewhere on planet earth thought a Twitter Q+A session was a great idea.
Unsurprisingly the masses came out in force to #AskThicke anything – and with his loose zippers being at the centre of an online campaign of retribution – they didn’t disappoint.
Have a burning question for @robinthicke? Submit your ?s for tomorrow’s Twitter Q+A using #AskThicke! pic.twitter.com/LwWKWlBysg
— VH1 (@VH1) June 30, 2014
The Blurred Lines singer, famous for demoting female equality by roughly two centuries, wasn’t even rescued by his album dedicated to estranged wife Paula, named – Paula.
It seems that cheating isn’t so cool anymore and neither is Thicke’s social manager, this is textbook example of why social tools should be used with caution when interacting directly with users. Perhaps having a subject/brand that is respected and trusted at the centre of a campaign would do well.
Have a look at what happens when the public is provoked with an opportunity too good to waste, and beware:
#AskThicke Did you really write a rape anthem as a love song for your wife and are you still wondering why she left you?
— Maria (@MariaJPrice) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke If we say your name three times, will you disappear? pic.twitter.com/htcvRtuBNX
— Jamie DMJ (@JamieDMJ) July 1, 2014
Robin Thicke is doing a twitter Q+A tomorrow which I predict will end worse than his marriage. #AskThicke
— Baz (@bazlyons) June 30, 2014
His rape anthem: 99p. His ex-wife stalking album: £8.99. The #AskThicke hashtag tearing his ego in two: PRICELESS.
— Sarah Myles (@sjmyles) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke WHY ARE YOU A THING
— molly (@mollyriann) July 1, 2014
#askthicke don’t muck about, what rhymes with hug me?
— Ben Mckeown (@soully) July 1, 2014
How much douche would a douchebag bag if a douchebag could bag douche? #AskThicke
— Andrew Todd (@mistertodd) July 2, 2014
Robin Thicke says he wants the Twitter abuse to stop, but we all know “stop” means “more”. He taught us that himself. #AskThicke
— Samantha Acampora (@LittleMagenta) July 1, 2014
Just like the PR disaster I wrote about on Muddywall when RyanAir boss Michael O’Leary took to Twitter- http://www.muddywall.com/live-twitter-qa-ryanair-boss-michael-oleary/
Social media managers really need to research possible outcomes before organising these Q&A’s.