I almost joined the bandwagon of those criticizing Nigerians whose facebook profile pictures were watermarked in French flag in honour of those killed in Paris terrorist attack.
What initially came to my mind was why Facebook never deemed it fit to come up with such an innovation when worse cases occurred in Nigeria.
I repented after reading Mark Zuckerberg's side of the story, who stated "many people have rightfully asked why we turned on Safety Check for Paris but not for bombings in Beirut and other places. Until yesterday, our policy was only to activate Safety Check for natural disasters. We just changed this and now plan to activate Safety Check for more human disasters going forward as well".
In essence, facebook is constantly changing features for better, coincidentally, the Paris attack happened around when they were getting ready for the new profile feature and that started the whole arguments.
But come to think of it, did they make the application compulsory for us? Nope! I think it's about time we look inward and come out with our own inventions. Even if there was no explanation for French flag application, what can we do? If for instfance facebook refuses to include Africa in the feature there is nothing we can do. Today, China is developing alternatives like weibo, so they can boycott the West. Why should the West do all the innovative thinking and expect them to dance to the tune of Africans? So long as we're contented to being consumers they will always dictate the pace. So, enough of the unwarranted arguments of being ignored. If we feel ignored by these developed nations, let's rise to the task of investing in technology. And lastly, the the international communities have always stood by us. West and other continents showed solidarity during the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.
#IstandWithParis
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