This is regarding a picture of my car that someone posted on the Hulagway sa Kasikas Facebook account which drew nasty comments in the thread. I know it was my car as my friends even told me that my plate number was in full view.
My car was not parked illegally as alleged on Hulagway, as it was just standing along the road and I was inside the car. I was picking up my daughter from school to rush her to the hospital ER as she was running a high fever. I even asked the help of a traffic enforcer who was patrolling the road that time.
Even as my car was standing on that one-way road in clear view of the traffic enforcer, it was still passable as no one was “double parking”.
I wouldn’t have bothered about the posting of the photo of my car on a Facebook wall, but there where threats directed at me among the comments, like “hiyos ligid and buak glass”, and random people were figuring out the letters on my vehicle plate.
When I went to a vehicle servicing center, a complete stranger just approached me confirming if my car was the one being referred to on Facebook; meaning, he was able to identify my vehicle from that one post! Now the guy knows me already. Makahadlok!
Sometimes in our eagerness to be vigilant in the community, irresponsible people tend to abuse the power of social media.
I hope we are responsible for the posts and comments that we make, and are aware of the consequences or repercussions they could cause. I hope we could also be sensitive of the situations of other people, and to carefully think before posting so there are no risks of provoking hatred towards other people.
There should be limits as to what we can post because we also have to be responsible for what we say on public.
I am aware of penalties for violations by motorists; we also have to know the other side.
Name withheld upon request
