In the vein of Condescending Corporate Brand Page, someone has created a fake Burlington Coat Factory Twitter account that provides trenchant satire about social media marketing.
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The @BurlCoatFactory account, which had around 5,000 followers at this writing, could pass for a real corporate Twitter account -- in fact, Burlington Coat Factory mistakenly linked to the account from its website recently. A closer read reveals that many of the tweets are nonsensical and absurd. Here are a few of the greatest hits:
Yes it is halfway to the week but since when. #coats— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) September 18, 2013
The cat said stop in today and purrrrrchase a #coat— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) September 12, 2013
Today we remember many thing #DontForgetting— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) September 11, 2013
For planning of the weekend what are they? Shopping?? Yes #coats— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) August 16, 2013
Tell us if you have a new coat! Use hashtag #YesIHaveANewCoat to tell us if you have a new coat.— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) August 14, 2013
How is your day, today? Was it yesterday? #coats— Burlington Coat Fact (@BurlCoatFactory) July 30, 2013
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[via New York Magazine ]