Update: See here for the BBC’s response to this story.
Well this is embarrassing for the BBC. The corporation’s new Olympics site has launched with a bit of (we assume) placeholder text left intact. (Update: The text has now been removed but you can see a screenshot below).
Inviting readers to become a member of a BBC Olympics Facebook page, the text reads “You can also become a saddo on Facebook”. Oops.
Strangely, the page doesn’t even link to a specific location on Facebook, just Facebook.com. The Media Blog (who spotted the faux pas) says the site launched only this weekend. This leads us to believe that either someone clicked ‘Publish’ a little ahead of time or there was a real lack of proofreading. Either way, it’s an embarrassing slip-up.
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glad you got a screenshot, there is no escape for aunty dinosaur. Patronising eejits aren’t they? Another org that just doesn’t get IT.
chris
I wouldn’t go that far! I’m sure it wasn’t intentional. Embarrassing nevertheless though.
Okay, so reading beyond the headline didn’t tell me. WTHey is a “saddo” anyway?
Saddo = someone with no life
Oh dear! Thank you CMD. Now I see what that is embarrassing!
haha…
People who still use Facebook these days are pretty sad though…
Go BBC!!
A worthy example to us all as to why Lorem Ipsum is so valuable and why bored designers should not express their feelings in placeholder text, even if it keeps them amused.
Its true though. I never got why people follow actual live sites on facebook when there’s barely any info dripped through to 3rd parties.. I hate when serious news websites are polluted with a barrage of social networking links on each article. Even worse was last year when the bbc news website ended every article with “here’s what iamahotgeeklol said on twitter. I don’t care what some dickhead though! Give me facts not opinion you’re not fox news…
Mildly amusing, bit of a mistake, that’s about it.
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