So, if you follow Facebook/Twitter, you probably heard all about these celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Seacrest, et al., who declared themselves "dead" until they raised $1 million for an AIDS campaign. Well, I guess it was taking a bit too long, so they got some rich guy to pony up half of the money so they could get back to important things like getting paid to text, or telling you about their newest album drops like Usher did 2 days ago before the fund-raiser was over.
While I'm all for this cause, and any worthy cause, I thought this was hilarious.
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| Celebrities were so frustrated with the time it took to raise $1 million for’s “Digital Death” campaign, they persuaded billionaire pharmaceutical executive Stewart Rahr donated $500,000 yesterday to meet the $1 million goal. "It's the worst mismanagement of star power I've ever seen in my life," said a source close to the program. Stars including Kim Kardashian, who can earn about $10,000 a tweet, started getting itchy fingers. One source blamed servers that crashed for 12 hours on the first night for the slow-paced donations. Others blamed lack of promotion and overestimating the participants' Twitter power. |
