Delete 10 Facebook Friends Get a Free Whopper!

[Jeff Mukau]

Facebook's developer platform has been used for a zillion marketing campaigns so far, but this one is actually dead-on hilarious.

Fast-food chain Burger King has created "Whopper Sacrifice," a Facebook app that will give you a coupon for a free hamburger if you delete 10 people from your friends list.

Burger King has put out some interesting campaigns as of late ("Whopper Virgin," "Subservient Chicken"), but this one piques our interest because of how gleefully it pokes fun at our social-networking obsessions. "Now is the time to put your fair-weather Web friendships to the test," the Whopper Sacrifice site explains. "Install Whopper Sacrifice on your Facebook profile, and we'll reward you with a free flame-broiled Whopper when you sacrifice ten of your friends.

The funniest part: The "sacrifices" show up in your activity feed. So it'll say, for example, "Caroline sacrificed Josh Lowensohn for a free Whopper." Unfortunately, you can't delete your whole friends list and eat free (however unhealthily) for a week. The promotion is limited to one coupon per Facebook account.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10136679-2.html

[CoffeeEdge]

But I only have like 8 friends total, because I only add my real, close friends, not every random person I went to school with, or people from the internet. :(

Also, that "Whopper Virgins" thing wasn't actually real, was it? I thought it was just staged with actors or whatever.

[Amandeep1]

lets just start a congo line so we can get fat together

[goomba478]

Best. Marketing. Ever. :) I'd do this if I wasn't so short on friends on Facebook to begin with. Not so sure they'd appreciate me deleting them. Can you delete them, and then re-add them? I wonder if they'd accept my requests the second time around =p

[DaftPunkFan37]

lets just start a congo line so we can get fat together
I agree sir

I think when I go to college, I think I'm going to get a degree in marketing so I can get a job at Burger King and just get high off my mind when coming up with the most insanely awesome marketing ideas..

[chakan]

There's the Cagcast Facebook group. Add ten random, delete. Done.

[sendme]

No that whopper virgins thing was real. They went to third world countries and places that never saw a whopper. The worked with local officials to make sure the places actually had food for the people and were not that poor. Well they were all just above a third world state. They had something on yahoo about it.

[ZForce915]

You can delete and re-add, I already did.

[Squall835]

Burger King hates friendships? I never knew.

[kube00]

Im in

[musha666]

But I only have like 8 friends total, because I only add my real, close friends, not every random person I went to school with, or people from the internet. :(

Also, that "Whopper Virgins" thing wasn't actually real, was it? I thought it was just staged with actors or whatever.

Either way it doesnt matter. Would you take advice on what car is better by people who never drove a car before? Or what video game is best by people who never played any before? Who cares what burger people who never had one before likes better.

Free whopper is worth more then friendship with 10 people anyways:D

[silverjojo08]

I'm going to get my sister to delete and readd me 10 times.

[kewlrabbit]

This is awesome, I hate most of my friends anyways. :D

[poisonedpawn45]

LOL Awesome

[Aceboogz]

anti socialism is here

[chakan]

I like the animation when you sacrifice a friend. Whopper's marketing are evil geniuses.

[supraazn]

Sweet, now i just gotta make a Facebook account.



Yes, i'm one of the 4 people on earth that doesn't have one.

[silverjojo08]

Apparently it has to be 10 different people. I just sent a message that I was going to delete and readd them, then I did it.

[VioletArrows]

But... Whoppers are gross.

Now if it was a Tendercrisp...

[Lice]

The deed is done...

[meatwad3000]

hmm... this is good enough incentive to sign up and create a facebook acct. but I don't think I will since I'm too lazy for it lol

[n25philly]

facebook? I don't need an artificial burger enough to waste my time going on that site.

[shadowkast]

Honestly....Tom's my only friend, and I'm not pissing him off!!!

[mang9432]

i think this is hilarious. but 10 of my friends don't

[DarkKenpachi]

Sweet, now i just gotta make a Facebook account.



Yes, i'm one of the 4 people on earth that doesn't have one.


Though I am not on facebook, the act of doing this and seeing it come up on someones profile would be hilarious to read. lol

either I am really sleepy or just bored outta my mind but I should not laugh this much from this promotion.

[Bioshocked360]

I like the animation when you sacrifice a friend. Whopper's marketing are evil geniuses.
They even hacked into your CAG account and changed your avatar! Sneaky bastards!

[JoeZiggadigga]

So it may be worth noting that after you delete 10 people, you then must provide your name, address, email, and cell phone number. Following that, you get a message that says your coupon for a free Whopper will be mailed in 2 to 4 weeks... I was thinking I would get free lunch today, but no dice.

[BIG5]

Whoppers are gross. So are Big Macs. The Big Boy sandwich owns both, even though it's the same damn thing as the Big Mac.

[silverjojo08]

Go to whoppersacrifice.com and then click to add it to your Facebook. Then you have to confirm it. You'll be taken to a page with your friends and you can pick ten of them and have them deleted. Then they'll give you a link to click on and you put in your info and they'll send you the coupon. You can also add it to your Facebook bookmarks(should be on the toolbar at the bottom of the page) if you need to go back and do it later.

[TahoeMax]

Aww wish i'd seen this. I cut about 120 friends yesterday independently of this promotion :(

[Darthjer]

Quite funny. Relieved, after selecting my wife, that it was only virtually sacrificing them. She would have been very angry...

[Sharp Katana]

heh that's an easy whopper. I'm gonna pass, I'll probably forget who I deleted :X

[Bioshocked360]

heh that's an easy whopper. I'm gonna pass, I'll probably forget who I deleted :X
You won't, it shows a status update saying which of your friends you sacrificed. They get a message too. :lol:

[Nathan_Sama]

need one more friend.
Halp? http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1189195592&ref=profile

[chodax]

This is awesome

[yukine]

Too much work for a free $1.00 burger, I'll pass.

Although I do find this humorous and awesome.

[lakawak]

Either way it doesnt matter. Would you take advice on what car is better by people who never drove a car before? Or what video game is best by people who never played any before? Who cares what burger people who never had one before likes better.

Free whopper is worth more then friendship with 10 people anyways:D


That is a terrible ananolgy. No, really, it may bethe worst analogy ever posted in hte hisityr of human communication.

Those people haver EATEN before. so to compare it to people who have never driven at all, or played any video games at all is just plain stupid.

yukine...what decade at you living in? I don't care where yo live, you are not getting a Whopper for $1. Not even $2.

However, what is the point of this? If you go to Burger King once a month or more, just fill out the damn survey on the back of the receipt . It takes like 5 minutes at the most (sometimes less than one minute) which is less than the time it would take to download the Facebook app and defriend 10 people. Sure, you have to buy fries and a soda too, but just buy the dollar menu size and get a Whopper, small fries and a coke for $2. And when you do, you get a receipt with...lo and behold...another survey for a free Whopper!

[xBrandonx]

Someone do this then post the coupon ;)

[BlueWingX]

Hmmm, I could sign up for a Facebook account, find ten people to add to said account, sacrifice them, then enjoy a free Whopper... or I could just go to Burger King and buy a Whopper... Seems like an easy choice for me. Hilarious idea for a promotion, though.

[yukine]

yukine...what decade at you living in? I don't care where yo live, you are not getting a Whopper for $1. Not even $2.
Haha... they are dollar in Arizona, not at all Burger Kings, but quite a few have them. I was shocked as well considering a Whopper was around, I think $2.50 or so when I lived in California.

[darkslime]

maybe i'll make a facebook for this. XD

[Puffoluffagus]

This reminds me that I should go get my transcript from the last semester and show my good grades for free food.

[advanced]

Done. Thanks for the whopper TS

[kube00]

Finished it, get here soon I want food!

[Wolfkin]

But I only have like 8 friends total, because I only add my real, close friends, not every random person I went to school with, or people from the internet. :(

Also, that "Whopper Virgins" thing wasn't actually real, was it? I thought it was just staged with actors or whatever.ditto

Whopper Virgins is as real as Windows Mojave (http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/07/windows_mojave.html)

[Kerig]

Haha... they are dollar in Arizona, not at all Burger Kings, but quite a few have them. I was shocked as well considering a Whopper was around, I think $2.50 or so when I lived in California.

Whoppers are cheap in Arizona because they flame-broil themselves.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g196/kerigman/HotWings-1.jpg

[crzyboy88]

Link doesn't work. It's unique so only 1 time use.

[Wolfkin]

"Sorry to be a downer, but this address already received it's free Whopper."

Thanks for trying but unless my sister (her addy) already did this it's a single use.

[RedvsBlue]

Between this and the King, Burger King has gone to the top of my list for marketing gimmicks.

[sickle]

damn, now i have to create a facebook account, but i'll doit for a whopper.
anyone wants to make a CAG Group on facebook so we can add and then delete each other?

[sstcrush]

damn, now i have to create a facebook account, but i'll doit for a whopper.
anyone wants to make a CAG Group on facebook so we can add and then delete each other?


fraiiiiiiillll, go get sum friends

[thepik241]

Whopper Sacrifice has been disabled on facebook....

and I was just about to do this too...

[Xfactor19990]

haha ill have to do this tomorrow

[iiinightmar3ii]

Got my coupon today for the free whopper. The envelope it comes in says Burger King on it so you won't mistake it as junk mail.