Morph Monkey Spreads Chlamydia On Facebook

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1. logon2
   

   May 3rd, 2008 at 7:25 pm

   That creative marketing is truly impressive. I suppose you could call it viral marketing… :\

2. Josh
   

   May 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm

   Stupid application. Spam is spam whether they have good intent or not.

3. Amanda
   

   May 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 pm

   That’s awesome. They don’t even need to disguise it honestly, I’m about to spread the love to everyone I know, ha. I actually wish it was called the “chlamydia app” and I could show everyone I’ve given it to and out everyone they’ve given it to right on my profile.

4. Andy
   

   May 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm

   Even more interesting would be if the transfer/infection rate was based on real world statistics, and there was a place to go to get aggregate information on infection rates. It would drive the point home about the actual risk. Something like this might be visible on a graphical social network graph, but it wouldn’t be obvious.

5. alan
   

   May 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm

   “I’m not sure how many people will be impressed by being tricked into running an app that is just a marketing tool with a health message.”

   Have you even been on facebook in the last year?

6. Eric Florenzano
   

   May 4th, 2008 at 2:25 am

   It’s funny, a few months ago I wrote a Facebook app called “STD Spreader” where you could spread various STDs to your friends. Nobody wanted to add it, so I eventually took it down :-\

7. logon2
   

   May 4th, 2008 at 4:22 am

   @6 Eric Florenzano

   This doesn’t actually advertise the fact that it’s infected with an STD just like many STD carriers don’t advertise the fact that they’re infected with an STD (even when they should). Can you see the difference?

8. Angela Hayden
   

   May 4th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

   I keep forgetting how sexy std’s are.

9. razmig
   

   May 4th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

   thanks for the feedback, all.

   in the spirit of fun, here is michael arrington’s ‘love child’ with angelina jolie. smokin ; )

   http://apps.facebook.com/morph.....infected=1

10. Duncan Riley
    

    May 4th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    Alan
    yes, doesn’t diminish the statement though. Just because others do it doesn’t make it 100% right.

11. Paly
    

    May 4th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    It’d be pretty awkward if you actually HAD infected them with chlamydia

12. Lelia Katherine Thomas
    

    May 8th, 2008 at 3:32 am

    Where’s the clap app? I’m sorry, it had to be said. Anyway, this is stupid, and I agree with Josh; spam is indeed spam, no matter what. This doesn’t even give you the opportunity to “protect yourself,” it would seem, so it’s just intrusive and unrealistic. The only awareness this brings is that the ASHA are assholes.