PleaseRobMe.com - Engagement, that's all
It was all about engagement with the online privacy issue.
Info
Rijswijk, The Netherlands | February 23, 2010
Social media pitch
Engagement with the online privacy issue and with the brand! Forthehack's goals with launching pleaserobme.com
http://pressdoc.com/p/0000ht
Summary
Pleaserobme.com, is a good example of how to start a conversation. Forthehack had two goals with launching pleaserobme.com. Engagement with the online privacy issue and with the brand, Forthehack. Social media help us, highly social animals, to get engaged. The rate at which new technology develops allows us to do more amazing stuff every day. It's important to reconsider basic things like privacy at the same pace. Forthehack focuses on launching hacks that engage!
Details
Facts:
- Pleaserobme.com launched February 17th 2010 2.00 PM (GMT+1)
- More than 1 mio unique visitors
- More than 4 mio hits on Google
- Explosion of coverage in online and offline media
- All happened in less than a week
In this press release we have included some relevant links here, but you can follow this link to get an idea of the conversation we started.
- Pleaserobme.com launched February 17th 2010 2.00 PM (GMT+1)
- More than 1 mio unique visitors
- More than 4 mio hits on Google
- Explosion of coverage in online and offline media
- All happened in less than a week
In this press release we have included some relevant links here, but you can follow this link to get an idea of the conversation we started.
Relevant links
- BBC NEWS - PleaseRobMe website reveals dangers of social networks
- TIME - Please Rob Me - The Dangers of Online Oversharing
- Forbes - "Please Rob Me" Confirms Your Worst Privacy Fears
- Discovery News - I'm Not Home; Please Rob Me
- Mashable - Are We All Asking to Be Robbed?
- Techcrunch - Please Rob Me Makes Foursquare Super Useful For Burglars
- ReadWriteWeb - Location Data and Privacy Subject of Congressional Hearing Next Week: Today's Top Stories on Geolocation
- Times Online - PleaseRobMe website highlights dangers of telling world your location
- CNET - The dark side of geo: PleaseRobMe.com
- Techcrunch - Foursquare Responds To Please Rob Me: Please Shut Up
Quotes
"Highlighting the privacy pitfalls associated with location-enabled technology is an important step in helping Internet users take control of their privacy. Pleaserobme.com is drawing attention to the risks associated with over-sharing of personal information, an issue which opens the door for a broader policy discussion on privacy issues in the era of the location-enabled web."
— Adam Rosenberg, New Media Manager at Center for Democracy and Technology www.cdt.org
Videos
Pleaserobme.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdMtUXLrZxA
1938media covering PleaseRobMe.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIcjR68Ru6U
Associated Press covering PleaseRobme.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfZROP2ky4I
About Forthehack
Forthehack is a concept and idea factory.
Just for the HACK of it!
- We launch and fund early stage engagement concepts.
- We offer services for businesses and non-profits to get engaged.
- We love developing, managing and executing social media.
- We prefer people who share the love.
- We launch concepts of our own and those of others.
- We believe the intensity of the engagement is the ‘holy grail’.
Do you want to get engaged?
The HACK is Gold, people are Silver and money is Bronze!
Latest Twitter updates
Visit our PressRoom
— Contact information —
Forthehack
Feel free to get and stay in touch!
team@forthehack.com
+31 (0)15 750 2000
Patrijsweg 80
2289 EX Rijswijk
The Netherlands
Main website Company blog Contact
— PR Contact(s) —Bart Manuel
press@forthehack.com
(+31)6 5586 8434


