Will You Drop 10 of Your Facebook Friends for a Burger King Whopper?

Apparently, despite being a ridiculous idea, many Facebook users have already done so – that is unfriend their Facebook friends to get Burger King coupon that will entitle them to a free Whopper. Sounds yummy right? To the more than 16,000 Facebook users, the temptation of the Burger King Whopper was too strong to resists and so they’ve dropped 10 of their friends. A clever advertising strategy right?

I have to admit that it was indeed a clever and funny way of hitting on the most widely used social networking sites to promote a product.

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