Democracy’s and its social media politics’ TEN YEAR Challenge
We are definitely overdue for a “Next Big Thing” innovation explosion of the sort that happened in the mid-2000s. Back then, social media came out of nowhere to seize the …
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Filipino Twitter Titas shriek “The sky is falling!!” on prospect of Chinese telcos entering Philippine market
Self-described feminist and “accidental writer” Beth Angsioco in a tweet recently posed this question to the Titas of the Philippine Twitterverse… Will you subscribe to a Chinese telco? Throwing this …
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Filipinos have Mocha Uson and the Yellowtards have Jover Laurio. Who’s gonna win?
Now that former Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is a private citizen, she can start blogging. Like a real blogger. Just like that other one who’s been styled by no less …
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Popular Twitter account @TheTweetOfGod represents God in call to oust Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
It’s a God parody account. And it’s got 5.2 million followers. And it’s weighed in on the presidency of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The tweet issued by the presumptive god …
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Inquirer writer Jacqueline Arias picks tweets to “prove” Filipinos hate Bongbong Marcos
According to Inquirer Lifestyle writer Jacqueline Arias, people are “not happy” with Isabelle Daza’s latest video in her series “Haters Gonna Hate” posted on Facebook. In her article “Isabelle Daza’s …
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Anti Martial Law activists were too slow to act against Marcos’s planned burial at the LNMB
I posted what, in my mind, was a tongue-in-cheek statement about the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr the other day that created a little buzz for a small …
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Social media and the dismal state of Filipino activism and political commentary
Sad to say, Philippine “activism” hasn’t progressed much over the last several decades. The “movements” may have moved from the streets onto social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, but …
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How Filipinos objectified Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the #APEC2015 summit
Nakakahiya na rin!! First it was the Mexican people’s calling out Filipinos for our baffling beholdenness to the looks of their president Enrique Peña Nieto. Now we get a veiled …
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