“A person invent a story using disabled and gay people to have this popularity on social networks that everyone wants now. He does this by making a poorly made comment, very naive from a technical point of view. This was clearly false at first glance. The entire Italian press attacks the first to give the news without checking. All“.
Between those who accuse her of cynicism and cold reaction and those who support her for having done what others have not done, that is to say “demystify”, Selvaggia Lucarelli returns with her “stories” on Instagram on the case of Giovanna Pedretti: the woman was found lifeless along the Lambro river following the social controversy that arose after the doubt, also raised by the very popular commentator, that the comment of a customer who went to eat next to “gays and disabled people” to whom the restaurateur responded by emphasizing his nastiness and rudeness. His response was reported by numerous newspapers and online sites such as good example of the fight against homophobia and in favor of inclusiveness.
“Influencers are picking it up. The lady becomes the national heroine. The lady is the star of the day. Someone bother to debunk. Some people say that the news that appears in all the newspapers is false. Normal administration now. Unfortunately. The lady is found dead. » Lucarelli continues.
“I would add that we talk about the pillory, but in fact there has never even been this pillory that we talk about on social networks. I therefore fear that we know too little about his career and his personal history. As always, after all. Social media is dangerous, bad information is dangerous, superficiality is dangerous. The distance between the altar and the dust is a nanosecond», concludes the blogger.
The case brings the spotlight back into the spotlight, in a month where the “Ferragni – Balocco” affair is the protagonist of how much social media can create proselytizing, flow, marketing and therefore income both at high levels – as in the case of the influencer. – and in the case of a comment on a restaurant, left like millions of others on the pages of commercial establishments.
Than reading how many stars are awarded as proof of the quality of service of a place or activity and the resulting doubt as to whether they were actually delivered by real customers, it is now well established. The response given by Giovanna Pedretti, then deleted with the comment when online doubt arose – with the support of Lucarelli's bulletin board – implied that her pizzeria was one where intolerant customers were not accepted. A good example that could bring new customers? Maybe.
Perhaps a risky gesture, a lightness which would have been declassified with doubt”will the comment be true or not? like millions of others. But the fact that it was picked up by the newspapers, and then by the commentator who has more than a million followers on Instagram alone, also highlighted the consequences that a social storm can have on anyone , on any “Mr or Madam”. Mrs. Nobody “It's they expose themselves, online. However it happens. Even when a friend of Pedretti commented: “He was happy to have made the right choice by responding the same way.”
And, perhaps, at the end of this bad story, another one that unfortunately, and we all know, will not be the last, we will all have to face those minutes of fame that the Internet gives and takes away, but with an attitude always very high price. Both for the protagonists of the news and for those who stay afterwards to comment on the event.
