October 18, 2002

6:56 PM

A campaign to get rid of those annoying AOL Cd's has finally launched. just because it says free, doesn't mean we want it.
posted by prescribed life (11 comments total)

Once the two have collected a million discs, they say they'll drive them to AOL's headquarters in Virginia and dump them at the Internet giant's door.

I so want to be there when this happens...
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 7:06 PM on October 18, 2002

This started at least a year ago. Why has CNN just now picked up on it, and why is it now making the rounds again? (It was also on /. today).
Hopefully the additional mainstream publicity will bring them closer to their goal - I too would love to see this happen... Doubt it'll influence their marketing techniques though.
posted by whatzit at 7:16 PM on October 18, 2002

yeah, i actually thought i'd heard something about it before, but i just now saw something with my own eyes, rather than through what someone told me (don't have tv, so couldn't catch it there)
posted by prescribed life at 7:23 PM on October 18, 2002

It's also been posted here before.
posted by eyeballkid at 7:26 PM on October 18, 2002

The AOL discs appear in magazines, at the movies, in the mail and at parties

I once saw one in (no shit) a package of Kraft Singles.

How Cheezy.

it had to be said
posted by jonmc at 7:29 PM on October 18, 2002

Mmmm Kraft singles and AOL - 2 things not good enough to pay for. I don't know how they did it, but Kraft managed to make passable American cheese awful by individually wrapping it.
posted by whatzit at 7:49 PM on October 18, 2002

True whatzit, but I keeping one day they'll make individually wrapped pastrami
posted by jonmc at 7:54 PM on October 18, 2002

knowing that AOL has somehow managed to make its way into the food industry has produced a greater fear in me of AOL and their sick ways
posted by prescribed life at 7:56 PM on October 18, 2002

gotta admit, the disks that come in those tins, make good ...trays.

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posted by clavdivs at 8:19 PM on October 18, 2002

The genius of AOL is their faux giveaway marketing. They've duped countless millions by dangling "free software" in their face. Their product name is constantly on potential consumer's lips, and people try it because the service came to them, they didn't have to go to the service.

That being said, I can't stand AOL, and it's mindless followers.
posted by mikhail at 8:52 PM on October 18, 2002

I hope they do a blast fax every news organization they can find before they make the delivery. The photos will be great. Meanwhile, they'll be arrested, fined, and forced to pay for dumping on AOL's property.

Don't get me wrong; I'm all for their cause. I'm just feeling particularly cynical pragmatic tonight.
posted by swerve at 9:06 PM on October 18, 2002