Manipulation for a good cause

Facebook Campaign Decides UK Christmas Music Charts from Slashdot by kdawson 33 people liked this uglyduckling writes "A grassroots Facebook campaign has pushed the 1990s Rage Against the Machine song 'Killing in the Name Of' to the top of the British music charts for Christmas. The campaign was planned to prevent the X-Factor winner from charting Christmas number one, as has been the case for the past four years. It was supposedly a kick against the commercialism of Christmas and commercial dominance in the music scene, although Rage and the X-Factor winner Joe McElderry were actually signed to the same label. Despite this minor detail, it's interesting to note that this is the first song to reach the number one spot through downloads alone in the UK, and is a testament to the organizational power of social networking sites like Facebook. The Facebook group also asked for donations to charity, and has raised £70,000 for the homeless charity Shelter." SlashDot

Will someone please think of the children!

I like the idea of knocking a TV show off the rating control leaver. I'm getting more and more upset with Facebook. They are turning in to Microsoft as the hours tick by. Still, Idle sucks and I just love haring them getting bumped. Now, let's have an independent band win next year. Someone who has never signed with an official label, or Apple.