Skittles makes videos of Facebook statuses

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Skittles U.K. is all about the real-time Facebook stunts lately. A couple of weeks ago, they drowned a man in Skittles—dumping ever more candy on his head for each new Facebook "Like" they earned. Now, they're doing an interesting thing with Facebook status updates. The "Update the Rainbow" app encourages people to send in their status updates—which staffers at the (bogus?) "Skittles Call Centre" will read aloud for the camera, with the resulting video being posted on your wall.

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