Pink Fox Patrol: Twitter

Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Updating Arron Villaflor

I have just finished watching Brothers and Sisters last night and I found to my surprise that the article I wrote about Aaron Villaflor zoomed to #1 in my Most Popular Posts - and these posts have to have high 7-day page views to be able to be in that list - and this guy topped it! Incredible! Found out later that he did something naughty in Vice Ganda's show. I just got a whiff of it from what I read on Twitter, but I'm sure it was titillating enough to give him such a boost in numbers! Oh well, so, I decided to post a new blog post about him right now so I could just update his pics for my blog. He does look incredibly cute! Too bad he has still eluded rightful stardom up to now....

Monday, October 22, 2012

Using the Social Network for Good Deeds

If I were a Social Studies or a Christian Living teacher nowadays, especially for a high school class, or even a college class, my main project for the semester would be to ask my students to use the social network to do a good deed. It has happened several times before, when this girl gave her jacket to this girl cold from the rain, and this guy who posted this picture of an MMDA sweeper who needed medical attention for his diseased feet.

Since most of my students naman will most likely be in Facebook or Twitter, mabuti pa to use their time there for a good cause.

As to what their project will be, I will leave it to them. Basta how they will be graded will depend on the originality of their idea, their ability to help other people and the sensitivity they used in using the medium to reach out to other people.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Twitter and the Angry Celebrities

I have Twitter but I just use it for my blog and I don't actually have the time to follow all my favorite celebrities. And well, one thing I've learned about famous people is - the more you get to know them - the more you realize that there's no difference between them and you. They are just more famous but it doesn't mean they're better than you in other things. I can say this because I taught for some time at the ABS-CBN Talent Center and well, these kids are talented and goodlooking but well, they're human too and some are not really as bright as they project themselves to be.

So I read with amusement as some of our country's top celebrities (Sharon Cuneta, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid) have become fair game to everyone in the Twitter world. By opening themselves up to everyone else, they also get what people REALLY think about them. And sometimes, the truth hurts. Or sometimes, a lot of people just say nasty things to rile them up. I guess some celebrities are so used to receiving praise often they forget that they're ordinary people too and that ordinary people like us are not always enamored with what they do. At least Twitter allows everyone to call a spade a spade. I guess that's another price celebrities have to deal with if they allow people into their lives. Otherwise, they should just put their Twitter on private.