Maryland Administration planted positive comments on fan boards

[WakeForestRanger]

"COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland anticipated most fans would initially react "emotionally and negatively" to last year's decision to join the Big Ten Conference. So the school sought to influence the debate with a plan to lobby media pundits and plant positive comments into fan message boards."

Ullmann also wrote that the school planned to "engage professional assistance in helping to drop positive messages into the blogs, comments and message board sites. I will arrange for this service today."


http://touch.baltimoresun.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-78081342/

 

[WakeForestRanger]

Very interesting article on how a school used planted message board comments to influence its own fanbase.

 

[simosfrostyone]

Braces, Deman, 81deac and the rest of the gang say hello.

 

[JDawg]

I'm a plant

 

[bym051d]

Doesn't mater...something, something?

 

[bym051d]

I'm a plant

You're a vegetable. There's a difference.

 

[JDawg]

You're a vegetable. There's a difference.

I'm a carrot! #Jcarrot

 

[iodeac]

#carrothacks

 

[JDawg]

#carrothacks

oh goddamnit I wish I had thought of that one. massive fail by me and massive props to you

 

[w84it]

I'm a carrot! #Jcarrot

I'm a banana

 

[Demonbeck]

I'm a banana

My foour year old LOVED this song last year. He even dressed as a banana on Halloween because of it.

 

[ibleedgoldandblack]

Sadly, the best the MD administration could come up with was "Doesn't matter, got paid."

 

[Wakeforest22890]

Sadly, the best the MD administration could come up with was "Doesn't matter, got paid."

I was about to say the same thing....came to our boards....said "got paid"

 

[Duncan]

Sure is a good thing that Buzz doesn't read the internet

 

[redwing42]

I'm a plant

I thought men like you were usually called a fruit.