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We chalked SF to promote our startup
- masonic 8y agoZynga already got sanctioned for doing that in 2010. If a product or service is so lame that the company has to resort to vandalism, it's admitting irrelevancy.
- schoen 8y agoSee also https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-gets-100000-fine-for-peace-love-and-linux-campaign/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-gets-100000-fine-for-peace..., although perhaps the comparative permanence of the ads increased the fine: > Ad firm Ogilvy & Mather spearheaded the campaign for IBM, hiring people to paint sidewalks with the stencils in a black chalk that was supposedly biodegradable. However, after several months, many of the stencils could still be seen.
- matt_the_bass 8y agoMaybe consider making the chalking process part of the advertising. Check out chalk printer: https://hackaday.com/2014/08/29/the-chalkjet-an-ink-jet-printer-for-the-streets/ https://hackaday.com/2014/08/29/the-chalkjet-an-ink-jet-prin... And chalk bot: https://hackaday.com/2009/07/09/chalkbot-vs-graffitiwriter/ https://hackaday.com/2009/07/09/chalkbot-vs-graffitiwriter/ You could make one of those. Everyone love funny robots.