WSJ: in the Donbass social networks of entertainment became a means of survival
Again enlarged in the Donbass clashes brought to life Groups in social networks that provide residents with real help, writes.
the magazine cites specific life history. 18-year-old Tanya Sukharevskaya opened an account in social network "Vkontakte" on the sixth day, once he lost contact with his mother, who went to work on the Debaltsevo and disappeared. It was 3 months ago. All This time she posts pictures of her mum and asks all who could see her, to respond.
"Social networking groups, originally created for local gossip and fun, has turned into a real channels for information sharing, empathy, political debate, criticism and support," writes the WSJ.
Such, for example, were a group of users, bringing together residents of Svitlodarsk, located near Debaltsevo. They say to each other, in what part of town are flying projectiles, hit publish pictures of the devastation. Group administrators periodically say "roll call" of Group members, and users respond by reporting the addresses of buildings that received damage from the shelling.
on the Groups page, phone numbers service transportation in a safe place and tips on how safer to leave the city, interspersed with poems, slogans for peace and political disputes, the magazine writes.
because such groups the majority of refugees continue to communicate with each other, being in different cities and in different countries.
25-year-old Maria Maximova, civil engineer, became one of the administrators Group Vkontakte " Typical Popasnaya, uniting residents Popasnaya in Luhansk region. Over the last month, the group entered 65 105 new members - 3 times more than residents in the year before the battle.
According to Mary, the conflict in Ukraine is not only divorced people " on both sides of the fence ", But also United in their grief.
"Many really no longer care who is at the wheel. But one and All want to stop the violence. This is evident from the messages in the group " - quoted print Edition Mary Maximov.
the magazine informs that due to the social networks Tanya Sukharevskaya managed to obtain data on the mother. The woman, whose husband worked with her mother Tatiana, agreed that she was All right. But now Debaltsevo was back in the fighting.
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