Friday, March 9, 2012
Kony Explosion
Recently, all over Facebook and Twitter all I see are people "retweeting" and posting links about Kony. They are trying to get his name out there to show the world what bad things he is doing and how he needs to be stopped, but along with that some people also write about how much they hate him and what a horrible person he is. I'm not saying he is right with what he is doing because it's pretty clear he is not, but what I am saying is that these people hear about this guy for one day and all of the sudden act like they have hated him for their entire life. If it was not for social media in the first place they would have never heard about him, so I do not understand how they can act like they hated this person for so long. He supposedly has been doing these terrible acts for atleast 8 years now, and the question I ask to these people who feel so strongly about him is: Where were you last year, or last week, or even 3 days ago before no one posted or tweeted about Kony? If it wasn't for Twitter or Facebook you most likely would have never even heard about him to begin with. Once again to clarify things, if what I have read and seen online is correct, I am 100% against what he is and has been doing. This blog is just about how social media can cause a certain act or person to become so famous in as little as a day or two and make so many people feel "so strongly" about it.
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I agree with this post because people tend to overreact and almost pretend to care so much about something they just found out about through Facebook or Twitter. Sure, we should care and act on this, but do not act as though you are avid supporter, because an avid supporter is not someone that only reposts the video link of Kony 2012.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you int his post. I have seen so many of my friends on Facebook start attacking this man and acting like they have hated him forever and I find it funny since no one knew of him until a few days ago. Also I have even heard claims, do not know how truthful they are, that he is dead and has been for 10 years and did all this years ago before he died? That this is just coming back up because the proceeds go to this fund to help these kids but the person in charge takes a big portion of the money that is going to the fund. Again I cannot say this is truthful or not but I find it funny that people do not do their research if he really is dead. But I like this post because it is so true how people change their opinions because of one Facebook post.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the post definitely. I feel the same way about Kony, if what everyone is saying about him is true than I believe he should absolutely be stopped. With the emergence of all these social media outlets his story blew up to the entire world in a matter of hours. Although, for all the people who have acted like they've been trying to stop this man for years who only learned about him a couple days ago, I believe that they are going to be no help. If you just pretend like you care for a couple days than we will never really get anywhere.
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