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There are plenty of reasons why a company might use social media. Increasing brand awareness and website traffic, generating leads, and managing their reputation are just a few of them. But whatever its intentions are, a business uses Instagram, Facebook, and other platforms for its own gain. And people see right through it. So when nonsensical corporate BS appears on their feed, they often respond to it, reminding its authors that they're not fooling anyone.
Twitter account "Brands Getting Owned" is the place to go if you want to check out these savage roasts. It shares fan-submitted screenshots of exchanges companies wish to forget, and as its bio says, tries to dismantle capitalism one L at a time. Continue scrolling for the pics.
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Probably one of the biggest corporate social media fails we covered here at Bored Panda was the time Burger King said that "Women belong in the kitchen." Do you remember? They picked the best time for this phrase, too. The company tweeted it during International Women's Day when everyone was celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women across the globe.
Burger King's tweet caused quite a spectacle—it was described as a misogynistic and outdated remark towards women's role in society.
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Daniele Ribolla 4 years ago
I love all kinds of birds of prey, particularly the owls
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Commander Rex 4 years ago
I mean, we launch rockets all the time, but a cute lil falcon blocking the launch? Never.
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Strawberry Hellcat 4 years ago
Or was it a "Falcon Heavy" launch and the falcon took that personally.
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Chris Sprucefield 4 years ago
That Falcon will take off like a rocket... Stop moaning! You get two launches!
sylvanticx 4 years ago
'drather watch the falcon tbh. really any falcon. I'd even watch The Falcon. falcons are nice.
Ploploplop 4 years ago
The should name the bird Heavy or Rocket since it's blocking the Falcon Heavy Rocket view.
François Carré 4 years ago
Animals are smart and they're really getting tired of our s**t. I think next move they're gonna learn how to sabotage our mass surveillance technology.
The company's social media team shortly followed the tweet with an explanation that their aim was to draw attention to the fact that only 20% of professional chefs in the UK are women and that they are under-represented in the culinary industry—they have decided to use International Women’s Day as an opportunity to advertise their culinary scholarship which offers financial assistance to women who work at Burger King and aspire to an academic degree in culinary arts.
But it was already too late. Eventually, the original “controversial” tweet was deleted and Burger King has issued an apology.
There are plenty of ways you can screw up on social media. Nasty comments, rude tweets, a timeline full of misspellings and other faux pas; the possibilities are endless. And they're usually easy enough to fix or delete without it seeming like the end of the world. If you're a regular person.
Not so much for those big business accounts. Of course, corporations are people too—but they're people under constant scrutiny by the jury of the Internet. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
This is deflection from the fact that a small number of corporations are the major polluters by trying to make it seem like it's a personal responsibility issue
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Jessica Otto 4 years ago
Remember a few years ago when Kroger sold off a bunch of their convenience stores that they couldn't maintain but said it was to "focus on their grocery stores" ??? How's that working out Kroger?
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Emperor Kitten 4 years ago
Better even than telling them to go to hell, just don't use their service. If they're unethical but you use them anyway your just encouraging the behavior.
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Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
$15 per hour is more than we get in Britain for minimum wage. But then we do have a Health Service which from what I have read on here is worth so damn much, a lot more than a couple of dollars
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Alex the awful German 4 years ago
I would have preferred a little less capital letters, still: He/she nailed it!
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Alphabet Soupy 4 years ago
SO many people are already parroting this line from right wing politicians, it’s so frustrating.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Vermont is in the top ten highest minimum wages in the country. It was an ignorant move to attack Sanders over this. 'Just Amazon being terrified of organized labor (aka unions).
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I I 4 years ago
yeah this could be bad , he worked on AI and had to shut it down after it created it's own language to communicate with other AI, not sure if they ever worked out what it said ,https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/facebook-researchers-shut-down-ai-bots-that-started-speaking-in-a-language-unintelligible-to-humans-3876197.html#:~:text=Researchers%20from%20Facebook%20found%20that,were%20creating%20their%20own%20language.&text=This%20led%20Facebook%20researchers%20to,each%20other%20only%20in%20English.
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Alphabet Soupy 4 years ago
That happens literally across the board. It’s the corporate version of an influencer/youtuber posting a video of them doing some sort of charity.
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Titas Burinskas 4 years ago
What's even more ironic is that Stadia is a product of Google. You know, the search engine that almost everyone uses...
Corporate social media strategies can sometimes backfire, as seen in several instances. One notable example was when a fast-food giant used a tweet on a significant day meant to celebrate women.
The situation sparked conversations about the intentions and reactions of such brand communications which can be explored further here.
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Virgil Blue 4 years ago
It's horrible to think that companies send these "nice" message's to try and find the employee just to reprimand them.
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Virgil Blue 4 years ago
They tore down their iconic first restaurant to do this? That's proof corporations should not be classed as people.
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Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
The American obsession with trucks makes no f'n sense. Most truck owners never even use their truck for hauling or large loads, there's NO reason for them to own one. They're usually twice the price of a decent car, guzzle gas, hog the road, and don't fit in parking spots. Just rent a truck the 1-2 times a year you actually need one, seriously.
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Elizabeth Molloy 4 years ago
Thank you! My specs are uneven by about 10mm and they claimed they were straight.
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Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
EA, what the f*ck did you do to Maxis? Can you stop killing everyone's hopes and dreams for one second? You're the worst thing to happen to gaming, EA. Spore could've been so much more but NOOOOO! "Think of the children!" you say as you give them a literal slot machine!
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bakkysak09 4 years ago
the Ms. warwick correction seems kinda strange why use your name in an account if you dont want people to use it like if her handle had been Ms warwick and they called her by her name id get it but she doesnt
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Logic and Reason 4 years ago
Brands really need to quit it with the social media. Almost as badly as certain politicians do.
Glass Twig 4 years ago
unless its Wendy's ofc 😌 national roast day is the best
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s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
BP is an aggregator site that doesn't pay a cent for any content, but makes millions from selling ads for the site. Capitalism at its finest!
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
AdGuard for mobile will fix that real quick.
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Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
Amazon is lookin real shitty here.. will I still shop there? Yes, yes I will.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
:-( I quit Amazon shopping. Conscience. And, yes, I miss Amazon shopping. :-(
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago (edited)
Get a real job then if you can’t afford the higher costs.
Load More Replies... Logic and Reason 4 years ago
Brands really need to quit it with the social media. Almost as badly as certain politicians do.
Glass Twig 4 years ago
unless its Wendy's ofc 😌 national roast day is the best
Load More Replies... s. vitkovitsky 4 years ago
BP is an aggregator site that doesn't pay a cent for any content, but makes millions from selling ads for the site. Capitalism at its finest!
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
AdGuard for mobile will fix that real quick.
Load More Replies... Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 4 years ago
Amazon is lookin real shitty here.. will I still shop there? Yes, yes I will.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
:-( I quit Amazon shopping. Conscience. And, yes, I miss Amazon shopping. :-(
Load More Replies... Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago (edited)
Get a real job then if you can’t afford the higher costs.
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