Short Circuit

The appointment of the new health secretary made me think: the WAR on drugs is different from the WAR on Covid or other deadly plaques. Granted that Camilo Cascolan had a five-star record in law enforcement but one wonders if another pandemic comes, what will he do knowing his lack of knowledge on virology, mode of transmission, incubation period, and even just the simple protective gears - he might be groping in the dark.

Will he bury his head on the internet taking a crash course in microbiology, immunology, and the like, while the people of the Philippines are waiting what is his next move?   As they say ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES.! 

Commentary

Some people can't hide their bewilderment when the Marcos administration appointed Camilo Cascolan - one of the architects behind Oplan Tokhang as the Department of Health Undersecretary.

Common sense dictates that whoever heads a department is well-versed on health issues, its processes and protocols. Law enforcement skills are way too different, divergent, and contrasting to heading the nation against the pandemic. Maria Rosario Singh Vergeire has done a wonderful job, what else does Camilo Cascolan has that she doesn't have.

Responding To Netizen's Comment

 Netizen:  What can you say about Miss Grand International's miracle increase in followers and likes.  Do you think this is legit? Now they are threatening to overtake the numbers of Miss Universe? By the way, what are bots and what is the difference between followers and likes?

                                                                Roberta Tamondong - Miss Grand International Philippines 2022

What is the difference between followers and likes?

FOLLOWERS are users who follow your account, while LIKES are what make your post popular. Nawat's main goal should be getting as many likes on each of the posts as that will ultimately boost his follower count. 

The question is: Do Nawat's posts are really valued by netizens to merit the LIKES that it gets? Or is Nawat just using the number games to inflate his ballooning ego?

It’s that easy to boost your social media following, and a new report in The New York Times has also shed more light on the scourge of bots, among the reports of fake news and fake followers that are reportedly being used to influence the political cycle.

What are bots? 

Broadly speaking, social media bots are automated programs used to engage in social media. These bots behave in either partially or fully autonomous fashion and are often designed to mimic human users. While benevolent social media bots exist, many social media bots are used in dishonest and nefarious ways.

According to that report, bot activity has increased on Instagram since the introduction of their feed algorithm, with people like Nawat looking to boost or maintain their presence by giving themselves more Likes - thus ensuring their content is more likely to be seen.

So Nawat has a follower count the size of Himalayas ... but it is a fake one. He doesn't care about buying followers, for as long as he has the numbers to blow his horn.

As for Nawat he can flaunt all the numbers but does that equal respect and recognition? Miss Universe did not attain its stature overnight.  He can overtake the numbers of Miss U all he wants, but it will be forever a pipedream.

To the chicken-hearted, don't worry. What happens to Nawat's IG numbers is INORGANIC growth. How many of these followers are real people? 700k followers in just 4 hours ... isn't that suspicious?

Funny Road Signs

 If this happens to you ... it is soul-shattering!

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OutMan

@OutManConsulta1

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Oct 11

Replying to

@mpao_nada

The Philippines is not poor because we are poor, we are poor because the few at the top of the food chain decided to do eat all you can instead of sharing to the needy.

EdZa Bridger

@EDZabarte

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Oct 11

Replying to

@mpao_nada

I am not late for this date because I am late. Maaga ka lang dumating.

More Sandro Meme

Even my friend satirize it, as she joined the fun in playing with Sandro's infamous quote: "Pangit daw ako ... pangit nga ba ako? Di ba pumangit lang ako kasi katabi ko ang class muse namin?"

And I saw one netizen in Twitter using this parallelism at work. Here's what he has to say:

pao

@mpao_nada

Magamit nga sa office logic ni Sandro: I would like to make one thing clear…my work is not late because my work is late. My work is late because the deadline you gave is early.