You gotta hand it to Carlos Celdran.
This guy knows how to spur people into participation, be it for a barter tour or a Facebook debate. Yesterday, the popular tour guide and cultural activist posted these polarizing status updates about Filipino leftists and their reaction to Barack Obama’s state visit.
Posted three hours from each other, both garnered an engagement that social media managers dream of and, if we can be OA for a while, will die for.
A lot agreed with Mr. Celdran, while a number also disagreed.
There were those that came out of nowhere and there were some that were kind of duh. Points about the origins of the Internet, Yolanda, and race, were raised. The Jerks was referenced, as was hip-hop artist Abra. The comments come with all points and from all angles. They were intelligent, sarcastic, funny, out-of-this-world, and off-tangent. It reminded us of how the comment sections of websites used to be: very, very entertaining.
Below are the 10 comments that earned the most number of likes. We start with the five comments from the first post (the one about the Internet):
Was Joseph Monfort thinking of Yolanda and the help that the USA extended?
This dude has a point. Images work better than plain text!
Kudos to Mike Aquino’s extensive Wiki research:
And finally:
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Below are from the second post (“the one about laughing at yourself”). This one has 80 astounding likes! Relevant kasi?:
This one is where reality bites:
An echo from above’s sampal:
Tied with 16 likes each:
Ooh, #meganun?!
Here’s the link of Carlos’ Facebook page, if you wanna read more.
Photo from Carlos Celdran Facebook page
