When there is a catastrophic event such as a Super typhoon,
volcanic eruption or an earthquake, it is safe to say that the newsfeed on every
Facebook wall will be filled with disaster related posts like updates and news
so as to provide information to the whole social media community. I myself wanted
to think that that happened to my Facebook wall during the strike of Super
Typhoon Haiyan in the visayan region of the Philippines a couple of weeks back,
sadly to my surprise there are still people in my Facebook list who are way too
self absorbed to even take a week off their narcissistic regimen in social
media and they opted not to give importance to the typhoon survivors and their
needs.
If I remember it correctly, the super typhoon ravaged the visayan region of the Philippines on the morning of Saturday, November 9, 2013. A day after the havoc done by the super typhoon, news broke about the devastation it brought to the nearby islands of Panay and the province of Tacloban, Cebu, Ormoc and Palawan. People in the metro knew the destruction and hardships that people in those areas were experiencing but still, somehow insensitivity worked its way up in social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Here are some of the Facebook photos posted days after news about Super Typhoon Haiyan's wrath broke and damaged buildings, shelters, hospitals and lives:
If I remember it correctly, the super typhoon ravaged the visayan region of the Philippines on the morning of Saturday, November 9, 2013. A day after the havoc done by the super typhoon, news broke about the devastation it brought to the nearby islands of Panay and the province of Tacloban, Cebu, Ormoc and Palawan. People in the metro knew the destruction and hardships that people in those areas were experiencing but still, somehow insensitivity worked its way up in social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Here are some of the Facebook photos posted days after news about Super Typhoon Haiyan's wrath broke and damaged buildings, shelters, hospitals and lives:
Five days after the tragic environmental disaster.
One day after the tragic environmental disaster.
Three days after the tragic environmental disaster.
Five days after the tragic environmental disaster.
Three days after the tragic environmental disaster.
At first I got a tad frustrated with their blatant disregard
for people in distress. I cannot believe that some people will go about their
daily narcissistic exercise in social media sites and just disregard the
current adversity of their own fellowmen. Would it kill them to postpone their
self obsessed cartoons and selfies for a week? I hope that these people realize
that Facebook plays a great role in disseminating information before, during
and after a disaster. I hope they utilize that and move beyond posting selfies
in times like this.
After two weeks of feeling annoyed with these
people, I slowly realized that, I surprisingly pity them because they seem to not
have the ability to empathize and relate to people who are challenged by a life
changing event such as this devastating super typhoon. They are so enclosed in
their personal narcissistic bubble that they only have time to care for what
they want and what they need. So, goodluck to them.
