The age of shallow social media, like Rappler and Pinoy Ako, is ending

By Rigoberto D. Tiglao

Nov 16, 2022 12:07 am

ABOUT two years ago, I had an epiphany of what social media really was about. In a mall's hardware section, on a grumpy morning trying to buy a replacement for a busted light bulb, I saw a young salesgirl dancing, with her co-worker taking a video of her with her Chinese-made cellphone.

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