Death Is Not For Clicks!

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As tragic as death might be, it is that stage of a person’s life where they will have more people talking good about them than they have talking bad. Except the deceased is an exceptionally bad person, everyone will always have something good to say about the dead. Both those they were on good terms with and the ones that they were not on good terms.

The saying that one does not speak ill of the dead is a tradition that many of us still uphold to this day. This is because the dead are unable to come and defend whatever you say about them and as such speaking ill of them shows you lack honor.

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However, in this day and age, when social media has made the world even smaller. You don’t have to know a person personally before you can mourn them. Especially during this period when not showing support might be taken as apathy on your part, especially when the person that died is a popular person.

I watch a Tiktok from time to time, I use it as a way to relax. Watching people act silly is always fun to me. However, for the past week or so, there has been one topic that has been trending among content creators. And if you are also a TikTok regular you might know the guy I’m talking about.

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Cottonbro Studio

Sadly, a content creator lost his life (I would call him Lagbaja). I heard it was due to an overdose, and as such his friends and fans were paying tributes. Grieving in their own way, that was understandable. It turned out that prior to his death, he made one final video, one in which he was dancing. So, many of those paying tribute were using the same sound to pay their last respects.

Personally, there is nothing wrong with that. But my issue was that it suddenly seemed as if everyone was suddenly friends with the guy. It was as if his death was a trend and everyone was jumping on it, every time you go on the app, you see videos of people with cheesy captions like;

"Lagbaja told me to always believe in myself no matter what! Rest in peace bro!"

"I remember how you told me before you left that I should never give up. I can't believe you are gone now!"

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And all these were coming from people who didn’t know Lagbaja, they saw that it was a trending topic and as such by using the same sound as his last video and similar caption and tags, the algorithm would kick the video to the trending page. For many people like me, we didn’t even know of the guy until after his death. And because of how viral it got his followers jumped to over a million (I think).

It got to a point that many followers started to lambast the creators who were obviously lying about knowing Lagbaja.

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Ivan Samkov

The truth is, there are some things you can’t fake. It is sad that we have come to this stage where people can fake grief, just for likes and clicks. It might be understandable if you are faking it so the family is consoled because there’s something about shared grief that makes the pain easier to bear. But when you are doing it solely to get followers or to amass views, that is really despicable. It is worse than someone claiming to love another just to have sex or to get money.

And the annoying thing about it all, it is obvious for many of them. When you watch the video of someone that is really saddened by the death of Lagbaja, you would feel it. Even if the creator does not cry in front of the camera, you will know by the caption. You will feel the pain and loss. But with all these others jumping on it because they too want to trend, everything will just fall flat.

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It is really sad that the world has come to this point. A person might die and the world could be mourning online, but only a few twenty people are really feeling the loss. The rest are just doing it for selfish interests. It’s deplorable, but at this point, I have no idea how we can go past this.

Death is not something that should be profited off, no matter how much it trends or how glamorous these guys make it. The family and friends of the deceased will be in a world of pain, and seeing strangers claiming to be close friends to the dead would only make it worse because then it would be clear that they don’t care.

It’s a scary world out there, I hope we all don’t fall on the wrong side of it all.

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Mario Wallner




Thank you for reading. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section, till we meet in the next post.



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