Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/12/21/dont-mess-with-moon-pie.html
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“Moon Pies & Mountain Dew: Who really needs all those teeth?”
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I thought the proper pairing was RC Cola.
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You may be interested in these inventions called toothpaste and toothbrushes.
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So… we’re applauding when corporations patrol social media for negative comments on their brands and confront the perpetrators, now?
twitter lynch mobs and posses, sponsored and assembled by mega c orporations
and a portable defibrillator
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In fairness, Moon Pies need all the free advertising they can get.
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I read it as light hearted banter on both sides. I don’t do twitter, but I clicked through to the link at the bottom about how they are a good social media presence, and it all sounded charming to me. I can’t decide if reading the link is making me retroactively read the original exchange more generously though.
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Not to mention fluoridated public water sources.
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At least they didn’t sue her for the bad review?
Patrolling social media is not that hard, and it’s hard to fault a company for defending their brand. When you post to twitter, you do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Also, and I stand to be corrected on this, the company that makes MoonPies is still an independent business (i.e. not owned by a massive agro/food products conglomerate). So it’s not a case of megacorp crushing a little person for a perceived slight.
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Sap and impurify my precious bodily fluids? No thanks, commie!
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I feel like you have a reasonable expectation of not being insulted by a paid marketing agency for mentioning their client’s product, though.
MoonPie may be a cute little brand, but their social media presence is cultivated and managed by the same people who do work for Coke, McDonalds, and are responsible for that god-awful roller coaster-themed concessions sales pitch you have to sit through every time you see a movie in a Regal cinema. Every piece of that interaction is calculated.
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Transatlantic translation attempt: a MoonPie appears to be more or less the same thing as a Wagon Wheel. (Do they have those any more?)
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It does appear to be more or less the same.
And South Korea has the Choco Pie.
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They tried to make up.
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Yessss, hate makes you strong. Let it flow through you!
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