There is something of a current trend in this social media generation which I like to call the Stevefahzation Of Virality. I'm not one to use the expression 'chasing clout' because of how frivolously it is used on the internet these days, but in this case particular case it is apt.
We all know the gentleman in the picture below, who described in Mboko, the actions of the Douala urban council in trying to put some order in the city. His interview went viral and the phrase "Ei Go Tey?" which he used to express his doubts with the ongoing effort of the city council has seen some virality on the internet.
What I don't get is the reaction of clout chasers on the internet who make it their job to find the man and record themselves with him in a bid to... what? Have a place in his sun? Make themselves relevant (for-heaven-alone-knows-who) on the internet?
It has become something a bit of a habit now to find people who have a viral moment on the internet and try to make them permanent internet sensations. The Bamoun guy who said "majumbum" found himself doing more videos. Luckily for the citizens of the internet that we are, that fizzled quickly.
We all know how the tumultuous relationship between Steve Fah and Grand Barack ended after he tried to make a singer out of the poor welder who wanted nothin more in this life at the time, than constant electrical supply.
What's the obsession with wanting people to be known on the internet or thinking that they have to be in people's faces and make profit of it after, by some indavertence, a video of them goes viral on the internet? Is our generation's lack of bearing that tenuous? Are things that bad already? And there are only signs that it will get worse.
The gentleman's video went viral. Let's all laugh while we can now before the next viral thing comes up and we all collectively forget him. The internet moves fast. Nothing go tey
W.W