Facebook Revolution
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_634915.htmlI refer to the above article about the recent Egypt protest having in roots deep into Facebook. Basically, Egyptian protestors' leaders communicated through a simple Facebook platform and shared experiences with Tunisian protestors. This made them prepared for measure by the police and the way around it, prevention and cure.
What i would like to discuss is whether this is exploiting or making full use of social platforms like Facebook.
Facebook was made out to be a social platform whereby friends can communicate, and share each other's thoughts. It has been so popular that nowadays, many of the world population, especially teenagers, spend many hours on the computer. However, it leads me to wonder, by using it as a tool of revolution, are we exploiting the purpose of such social platforms? Surely, Mark Zuckerburg did not have the idea of starting off a chain of protest in the middle east that has shook the world. Therfore, I am really confused about the morality of creating a political revolution through the use of facebook, in order to maintain annonymous.