So was Facebook deliberately disrespectful or just lazy and/or sloppy about this emoji “remembrance” for 9/11? Or was it a sideways dig at patriotism?
Facebook Used a Plane Emoji to Remember 9/11 https://t.co/LuugqJS5pU pic.twitter.com/VMlcBqGKuH
— Esquire (@esquire) September 12, 2016
Gosh, that’s not insensitive, Facebook. That’s not insensitive at all.
*head desk*
Facebook remembers 9/11 with plane emoji https://t.co/4Wfse69tnA
— ShortList (@ShortList) September 12, 2016
Thumbs down. Perfect.
Eek: Facebook used a plane emoji to remember 9/11 before quickly changing it to a candle https://t.co/JdpUc67R6A
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) September 12, 2016
Not quickly enough and gosh, you’d think they’d be prepared far in advance for the 15th anniversary of the most horrible and deadly terror attack on American soil.
Ever.
https://twitter.com/WilliamTurton/status/775072414095015941
Kinda weird? Kinda disrespectful.
wtf @facebook used a plane emoji to remember 9/11 https://t.co/XiHuNu0Hb3 pic.twitter.com/XVCyBDta4E
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) September 12, 2016
WTF indeed.
Was this a deliberate diss to the memory of 9/11 or was it just some faulty algorithm? Either way someone at ol’ Facebook figured out this was not ok because they eventually replaced it with a candle.
#NeverForget, Facebook stinks.
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