If you’ve been wondering what type of guerrilla marketing campaign would actually work through Chat Roulette, then this is probably it. A smart new campaign for HIV awareness is utilising Chat Roulette to highlight what you shouldn’t do in real life, where a semi-nude lady draws people in for a closer look before before letting them know they’ve been in touch with someone infected with HIV, hopefully showing how easy it is among strangers… (via ViralBlog)


There is nothing smart about this campaign at all. In fact it reeks of ignorance, and is down right awful!
It screams HIV hysteria. “You’re now in touch with an infected person!” What disgusting terminology to be using. I’m sure people living with HIV prefer to be called just that, not ‘infected people’
Then suggesting that if you’re “in touch” with an “infected person” in real life you’re somehow playing Russian Roulette. Fucking without condoms, of course you’re taking risks on many fronts, but “being in touch with” pleeze!
That campaign does nothing more that feed the ignorance, stigma and social discrimination against HIV Positive people, all be it a giggly young Asian girl and does nothing for HIV prevention, let alone condom sales which is their underlying motive.
It’s simply a cheap commercial stunt for a condom shop and not a campaign that would be supported by any health agency concerned with HIV/AIDS issues.
I love the idea of using this social medium for a sexual health message, although this particular commercial campaign will, I fear, do more harm than good!
This is not guerrilla marketing and has been proven already, is struggling to even be viral. http://www.viralblog.com/guerrilla-marketing/chatroulette-used-for-hiv-campaign/
With more intelligent language this could have been an awesome initiative. Perhaps a partnership with their local HIV Council would have helped :~]
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