Last week the folks at Kenneth Cole, and perhaps Kenneth Cole himself, set off a firestorm among the twitterati and mainstream media when they decided to try and hijack the "#Cairo" hashtag to promote an upcoming Spring collection. "PR blunder", "Social media gaffe" and other forms of
pseudo outrage ensued, with the media jumping on board to help amplify the noise in the social media echo chamber. For those of us familiar with how influencers, including those on the internet and mainstream media, may - or may not - actually influence the general public, we waited. We waited to see what the outcome would be without overreacting or making worthless predictions. The result? Check it out after the jump.
