Troll profile SMRT Ltd (Feedback) is serious about giving people a headache.
A day after the Singapore Advocacy Awards (SAA) was officially launched, the group set up a fake Facebook account replicating almost everything from the Awards’ original page, except they also nominated themselves for Most Outstanding Civil-Activist of All Time.
In a statement released on Jan. 8, chairman of the Awards’ organising committee Constance Singam said, “I still can’t believe someone designed an entire fake site for this award and put it up so soon after the launch. The fake page looks almost like the real thing, except with spelling and grammatical errors. Civil activism has long been ignored and neglected in Singapore. The fact that someone feels this is important enough to put in such hard work to troll gives us great hope for the future.”
Ms. Singam also said if she found out who was behind the fake page, she’d treat them to a pot of her famous curry.
(US! It was US!)
Committee treasurer Fong Hoe Fang also contributed to the tongue-in-cheek reply, saying, “tell them we don’t want the fake site if they ask for payment. They don’t know we got tight budget meh?”
The organising committee has also revealed they’re considering taking the matter to court… the badminton court.
“Our members are onstandby to book the badminton courts at Hougang Sports Hall and Toa Payoh Sports Hall once the trolling party responds.”
Photo: Constance Singam at Launch of SAA; SAA’s (real) Facebook page
