Users Trash Wal-Mart On Its Facebook Site

hhavensteincw writes "Only two weeks after Wal-Mart launched its latest foray into Web 2.0 land, Facebook users have hijacked a page aimed at selling back-to-school supplies to college kids to instead post rants about the company's labor practices. Of the 100-plus comments, none relates to dorm decorating as Wal-Mart had originally envisioned."

They should take it one step further

[bigtrike]

They should go a step further and allow college students to network with the 9 year old children making the products they're buying.

Re:This is *exactly* why

[Anonymous Coward]

Their "forway" into Web 2.0? I don't get it. Did he mean four way into Web 2.0? It does look like they're getting f*cked.

Halliburton

[PacoTaco]

Halliburton also has a new web 2.0 site. It helps governments find military contractors to deal with their "acute PR issues."

So...

[g0dsp33d]

Walmart bursts into a community where its not wanted and people there complain. They must be turning over a new leaf.

Re:I don't get it

[Ichijo]

In California, living alone is is practically a luxury.

Re:This is *exactly* why

[Phantom of the Opera]

You need one of those ancient "greeters" as gate-keepers on the system. I don't even let people post comments on *my* lowly page without approving them first, how can they be so naive?

Would they pay the greeter a decent wage? But seriously, how many would they have to hire to keep up?

The special place in hell for the Wal-Mart greeter

[MillionthMonkey]

This made me think of the Far Side strip where a demon is greeting newcomers to hell and the sign behind him says "This is the first day of the rest of your life."

In fact hell has been working on a "Web 2.0 style" social network for ages. I can't wait to meet up with all my friends there.

Corporate Web 2.0 is a dumb idea anyway

[ErichTheRed]

Every company is now trying to jump on the Web 2.0 bandwagon. It's the equivalent of a guy trying to be cool in a hip. trendy nightclub wearing a pair of plaid golf pants.

It really surprises me that marketing departments don't take one look at the concept of a corporate Facebook page, MySpace page, or Second Life presence and fire the idiot who produced it.

Imagine trying to sell life insurance to a bunch of skater dudes drinking Mountain Dew...that's the success rate this will have.

Re:I don't get it

[Anonymous Coward]

>the cheep stuff

Birds?

Hypoxia

[MillionthMonkey]

Penn and Teller have spent too much time underwater for me to trust their opinion of Wal-Mart.

Chad

[jagdish]

Maybe they should hire Chad [youtube.com].

Re:I don't get it

[Snowspinner]

Ugh. Don't mod me up when I screw up spelling and grammar that badly!

Re:The special place in hell for the Wal-Mart gree

[grazzy]

No, what .. didnt you say you already joined facebook?

Re:Just an incredibly banal version of the Borg...

[karnal]

Wal-mart just has cheap socks and asshole management.

I've heard the older you get, the more you might need asshole management. (I read that sentence wrong.)

Re:I don't get it

[TheDugong]

As a vegetarian, I for one appreciate (greatly) any establishment that does not cook meat. I do not particularly want my chickpea and lentil burger tasting like a $20 steak thank you very much.

Note: I am vegetarian, but do not think the above (well maybe a secret 0.5 - 1%). However, I hope you get my point though?

Re:I don't get it

[dr_dank]

Don't apologize. Using poor grammar and butchering the english language is every Slashdotter's God-given right.

Wal Mart has good taste in music.

[maeka]

http://www.last.fm/user/Wal_Mart [www.last.fm]

Oh no.

[vinividivici]

I heard that SOMETIMES people even vandalize Wikipedia! I can't believe people these days! Seriously, what is the point of posting an article that pertains to a single page on a massive social networking site? Get a blog.

Re:I don't get it

[bladesjester]

I was in a wal-mart at 2am one night because I realized that I needed some things for a trip the next morning and couldn't pick them up on my way out of town.

I get to the checkout and in front of me are two guys and a girl. The guys had matching tatoos on their necks that read "100% Honky"

I kid you not. I nearly choked because I was trying very hard not to laugh.

Re:They should take it one step further

[sethstorm]

Gold farming, perhaps?

Re:Fix me

[aquatone282]

But that's no reason not to feel overwhelming pity for the people that are forced to shop and work there.

Those people aren't forced to shop at Wal-Mart. They choose to shop at Wal-Mart because that's only place you can get genuine Dale Earnhardt Jr. 50/50 cotton/poly underwear.

Re:"Only two weeks after"

[sakasune]

Don't know about you, but I tend to ignore ads, even blatant ones.

Me too, that's why I ignored you sig :P