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About negative comments appearing on BP station venues in Foursquare

Published on June 3, 2010 in Foursquare, business, environment, mobile, politics and social media. View Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Frankly, in light of the ongoing Gulf oil spill, I’m surprised there aren’t even more negative comments like this appearing on BP station venues on Foursquare. Maybe there are in the US, especially around the Gulf Coast?

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And as you’d expect, there are a LOT on Twitter. “Oil Spill” has been in and out of (mostly in)  Trending Topics for over a month. This is what happens in social media when The Gulf Between Greenwashed Image and Reality becomes blatantly obvious.

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  • http://www.macinations.net moldor

    If we, the public, don't al least SHOW our disgust at BP's lack of decisive action, this could go on for years… Join here -> http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=108375…

  • http://www.macinations.net moldor

    Oh, and if you think this is “no big deal”, see here: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught...

  • http://www.jjprojects.com jjprojects

    Yes, and I think that is just the beginning. This is going to go on for a long time. As they say there “landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.”

  • http://nathan-lee.com Nathan Lee

    Misdirected disgust really. Those service stations are owned by people as a franchise most likely.. So boycotting individual service stations is just screwing a family business.

    The real problem is oil full stop. BP appears to be the scapegoat for everyone's guilt about screwing up the environment. Even if BP disappears, all that means is one of the other oil companies gets a fire sale discount on their rigs/drilling contracts/equipment/staff etc. The problem is still that we are digging up the awful stuff.

  • http://www.jjprojects.com jjprojects

    Yes, I totally agree about the real problem being oil, not just one oil company. As long as we use oil in huge quantities there will be spills; perhaps more because oil is becoming more difficult to find and drill for.

    We all use oil every day in so many products we use – from petrol to plastics to even food production. We need to find and scale clean alternatives to really fix this problem. It WILL happen again, and it could just as well be another company.

  • http://www.macinations.net moldor

    If we, the public, don't al least SHOW our disgust at BP's lack of decisive action, this could go on for years… Join here -> http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=108375…

  • http://www.macinations.net moldor

    Oh, and if you think this is “no big deal”, see here: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught...

  • http://www.jjprojects.com jjprojects

    Yes, and I think that is just the beginning. This is going to go on for a long time. As they say there “landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.”

  • http://nathan-lee.com Nathan Lee

    Misdirected disgust really. Those service stations are owned by people as a franchise most likely.. So boycotting individual service stations is just screwing a family business.

    The real problem is oil full stop. BP appears to be the scapegoat for everyone's guilt about screwing up the environment. Even if BP disappears, all that means is one of the other oil companies gets a fire sale discount on their rigs/drilling contracts/equipment/staff etc. The problem is still that we are digging up the awful stuff.

  • http://www.jjprojects.com jjprojects

    Yes, I totally agree about the real problem being oil, not just one oil company. As long as we use oil in huge quantities there will be spills; perhaps more because oil is becoming more difficult to find and drill for.

    We all use oil every day in so many products we use – from petrol to plastics to even food production. We need to find and scale clean alternatives to really fix this problem. It WILL happen again, and it could just as well be another company.

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