{"id":33656,"date":"2013-05-08T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T18:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/malicious-focus-group.html"},"modified":"2013-05-09T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T16:12:11","slug":"malicious-focus-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/malicious-focus-group.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Malicious Focus Group&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Not only is that the name of my next cover band, but I&#39;ve always wanted to do something like this when I was doing consumer focus groups &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105559336484270406543'>The Onion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/p8HP1PimE5rHvg0Q5o-PCtBf8zR3TnIfu70gXsk8aQbnLxwqDOfBOloWJE3acx0FrgrpKW_kUI6VhDJTrqceyDQbJTQXcJ-ZPFscAGbUcw=w150-h150' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/malicious-focus-group-convinces-marketers-cinnamon,32349\/'>Malicious Focus Group Convinces Marketers Cinnamon Mountain Dew Is The Next Big Thing<\/a><br \/>\n                                                PURCHASE, NY\u2014Following the saboteur antics of a prankster focus group that reportedly convinced company officials the drink was not only palatable but delicious, PepsiCo announced Thursday the launch of its new Mountain Dew CinnaBlast beverage.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/PEBUwGwXjT6' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only is that the name of my next cover band, but I&#39;ve always wanted to do something like this when I was doing consumer focus groups &#8230; Reshared post from +The Onion Malicious Focus Group Convinces Marketers Cinnamon Mountain Dew Is The Next Big Thing PURCHASE, NY\u2014Following the saboteur antics of a prankster focus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/08\/malicious-focus-group.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&quot;Malicious Focus Group&quot;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,80,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-media-commercial","category-jokes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7629,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/25\/plug_it_in_plug.html","url_meta":{"origin":33656,"position":0},"title":"Plug it in, plug it in","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 25-Jan-05 6:26am","format":false,"excerpt":"An update to MT is available that \"fixes a vulnerability in the mail sending packages for all Movable Type versions which allows malicious users to send email through the application...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging &amp; Internet&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging &amp; Internet","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24961,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/30\/all-your-printers-are-belong-to-us.html","url_meta":{"origin":33656,"position":1},"title":"All Your Printers Are Belong To Us!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 30-Dec-11 3:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Take over a printer (and have it scan your network for vulnerabilities) through an actual print stream? Yikes.More for businesses to worry about than home users ... kindasorta ... but still pretty darn freaky and\/or ingenious. #ddtbReshared post from +Les JenkinsIf you have an affected HP printer you're going to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136907,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/tweetizen-trump-2018-09-05-totally-made-up.html","url_meta":{"origin":33656,"position":2},"title":"Tweetizen Trump &#8211; 2018-09-05 &#8211; Totally Made Up!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Sep-18 9:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"Hey, Donald. The word for today (as with so many days) is irony ... as in tweeting: https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1037302649199177728 And then turning around and tweeting: https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1037329592074350592 I mean, when it comes to making things up, Donald, you speak with authority, given the incredible number of false claims \/ lies that you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/trump%2Bmeme%2Btotally%2Bmade%2Bup%2Bstories.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23295,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/01\/bryan-fischer-is-a-dolt-no-really.html","url_meta":{"origin":33656,"position":3},"title":"Bryan Fischer is a Dolt. 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