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[Viral/Trailhead?] Citizens For Our Betterment
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degravedi
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[Viral/Trailhead?] Citizens For Our Betterment
Campaign associated with Fall Out Boy

Brought down from the Trailhead or Spam thread, originally by Luna131.

The trail started when www.decaydance.com -- the website for Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz's vanity label Decaydance Records -- was seemingly hacked by a group calling themselves Citizens For Our Betterment. The following day, paparazzi shots of Wentz's wife Ashlee Simpson showed her holding a pamphlet for the same group [link]. This then led to the website www.citizensforourbetterment.com, where you can signup to "be properly equipped for betterment."

PLEASE NOTE: this campaign has nothing to do with the site citizensFOURourbetterment.com which is a separate viral/game-jack by the band Copeland that is counting on FOB fans to miss the spelling mistake.
More about that can be read here: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593226/20080821/fall_out_boy.jhtml

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Luna131
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You just get awesome-r by the moment.

FYI If you go to http://www.decaydance.com there's a mustache painted on Dough's face, if you click on it, it sends you to the website without the U and you can fill out a form to get something sent to you.

I might actually love Pete Wentz for this
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degravedi
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Hehehe, thanks Wink Just updated the first post.

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Luna131
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Ok so, remember how I said DD got hacked it was spattered with a message about I found alink to the image cause I couldn't save it fast enough.

http://www.bobthespaztasticpenguin.net/FOB/cfobddhack2.png

this lead me to

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
www.recordbusinessisfucked.com


which turned out to be a site for Butch Walker made by We Can't Stop Thinking.

Seeing as I've spent WAY too much time around you guys, I click and get to their page

http://www.wecantstopthinking.com/

This is their about us section


Quote:
About Us

We Cant Stop Thinking is an idea driven design, development and advertising company with a strong focus on youth and entertainment brands. We create intelligent interactive experiences, viral web-campaigns, beautiful print design & we love what we do.


Very Happy You have taught me well.
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And of course, on that site:

Quote:
Our Clients
Blender Magazine
Clandestine Industries
Crush Management
Damien Rice
Disney
Fall Out Boy
Garnier
Interscope Records
Kohler
Motorola
PLAIN WHITE T'S
Warner Bros.

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Nice. I decide to brush off the ARG shoes, and come back to find this. Should prove to be interesting...gave my info to the Citizens For Our Betterment site. Oh, and by the way, would like to point out,
Fallout Boy=FOB
Citizens For Our Betterment=CFOB.

Not sure if it means anything, just sayin. Very Happy
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jakexanatomy
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This one is interesting

http://controlledfuckedupoverindulgentbusiness.com/

I got that from that picture that one of you posted from the decaydance site. If you click on the word new a page comes up and starts playing a song by a band called the thief. the songs called backslide.

http://www.myspace.com/thethiefnj

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The weird thing is that if you look at the source for http://controlledfuckedupoverindulgentbusiness.com/ then you get some site http://wearesleepless.com/ which lists the thief as a client but not fall out boy.

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degravedi
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Where did those websites come from?

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jakexanatomy
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http://controlledfuckedupoverindulgentbusiness.com/

That one is from luna's post earlier. that picture she links has those words.

Oh and also on www.citizensforourbetterment.com there is a new post from pete wentz and when you click on pete wentz it says FOB THE RETURN NOVEMBER FOURTH.

theres something about november fourth.

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Fall Out Boy on Myspace also posted a bulletin

Title: Welcome to the New Administration

TEN
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Luna131
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SO today, I had an update from http://www.friendsorenemies.com/web/foe/users/falloutboy/

It's a mix tape and November 4th is when the new album drops. This actually really excited me lol and it wasn't too bad. This might be over. But I don't know.

Might also have to do with the Election since Pete is a big Obama supporter. But who knows with him.
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