The Side Effect of Social Media

I understand that sometimes when you are young, you might be curious, but give some thoughts to YOUR OWN futures as this will leave a BLACK mark on your resume.  If you know that you cannot control it, do ask for help on those social helpline.

"The DPP said: "Moreover, the accused felt some curiosity towards videos containing sexual content, which had been posted in WhatsApp and Telegram chat groups... the accused had previously joined."

This led Chan to decide to take a video of the victim while she was inside the handicapped toilet, added the DPP."

https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/stressed-from-school-and-curious-over-sexual-content-sp-student-recorded-video-of

Full Tank vs Fill Ten

The recent hot topic in social media is regarding the BMW driver in a Caltex petrol kiosk.  I do not know who is right or wrong but I think people are angry with the BMW driver who is supposed to be the richer one vs the poorer elderly pump attendant who had to fork the differences.   If the BMW driver were to fork out the 125 SGD, it is still small amount to him vs the poor elderly man.  This is like the old Robin Hood story in modern time.

The Green BFF is Fake

Saw many of my Facebook friends typing BFF in comment to see if it turn green as they were trying to check if their account was safe or not.    If does not, then you should change your password immediately.  It turn out that BFF was part of a feature called Text Delight, which auto animates certain words.  BFF does not relate to any account security issue.

Living in the internet era means that fake and real news can flow to us and many people will accept it as real without further checking.  Frankly, it takes a lot of work if a person were to check every news that he or she read on the social media.  The traditional printed newspaper may come back to life if one day, fake news become uncontrollable.

The Good Side of Social Media

A maid who went to Lucky Plaza store for a screen protector was not so lucky as she was force by EZ Advance Trading Enterprise's staff to pay $145.  This matter was bought to light by her employer and posted on her facebook.  The news was brought to the attention of the Straits Times reporter and become a Singaporean news.  EZ advance boss quickly refund the maid as I think he does not want further media attention.

Social media if put into good use can quickly bring justice against these unscrupulous businesses when the consumer law is too slow and cumbersome to react.