Woman Online Shamed Uncle for Taking Pic of Her But Netizens Sided the Uncle Instead

If this has happened in, say, 2013, everyone would be condemning the uncle.

But it happened in 2018. And let’s just say that by 2018, netizens have become more critical about what they read online.

Just like this story.

Woman Claims Guy Filmed Her

It started just like any post: the person wanting justice and decided to mobilize the online army to shame a man.

“Please make him famous! Ladies who are staying in Punggol Sengkang Hougang, please beware of this Chinese National man!”

Well, gotta admit that the specific mention of the man’s race is totally uncalled for. But anyways.

For some reason, the post isn’t visible in the woman’s Facebook profile, but a specific link must be entered in order to read the post.

Either the post is hidden (but still emerges in other people’s newsfeed), or Facebook is having a bug. I’m inclined to go with the latter, though it’s kind of weird.

(You see, the weirder something is online, the more distrusting netizens would be)

So basically, this is the post:

Long story cut short:

• Woman took train
• Man was sitting opposite him
• Woman saw on the window reflection that the man was filming her legs and then skirt
• Woman confronted man
• Man somehow managed to delete the video or photo or Goody Feed app
• A helpful person suggested making a police report, and call the police from the control station
• Police arrived but couldn’t do much because there is not enough evidence
• Woman wants to “F***ING MAKE HIM FAMOUS”
• Woman use a lot of bad words I don’t want to understand
• Woman did a PSA like Crimewatch, or our video collaborations with SPF

She then included two images with her post: the image of the uncle on the reserved seat (now, uncle, that is an offence: how can you sit on a reserved seat without a window behind you?!)…

…and of course, another PSA.

Surprise, surprise: Netizens appear to be on the other side of the fence.

Netizens Disagree with Woman

You would have thought that from the story, it seems like the man is going to be CSI-ed out.

But hey, it’s 2018.

Guess what they’re saying?

 

Which brings us to the next point: Rashomon Effect.

What’s a Rashomon Effect?

Simply put, Rashomon Effect means that most people would relate a story that’s going to put them in a good light. To achieve that, people omit certain facts, use emotions to package a fact or even include interpretations that might not be true.

In other words, one-sided story.

Here, take a look at a video we’ve done for this topic:

With more people online shaming others, it’s imperative that more people know about the Rashomon Effect.

Of course we’re not denying that the woman’s claims might be true. But it’s good to know that many netizens nowadays know about the Rashomon Effect, right?

‘Coz you might be the uncle who’s just looking at pictures of pretty girls that your friends sent to you via WhatsApp in the train #justsaying