Why some apps are emerging as the screen faces of Covid-19 pandemic

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Not long after Kenyans had raised funds in compassion for former TPF contestant, Alvan ‘Love’ Gatitu following a video he posted on Facebook, hateful comments started streaming in. The singer and now TikToker, however, brushed those few naysayers aside to enjoy his new millionaire status. Truth is, the two sides of social media operate in tandem, most times. If this pandemic took place 20 years ago, the adaptation would have been different. With platforms like graduates.com, and MySpace, Yahoo Groups, Hi5 and Blogger starting to trickle in mid to late 2000s when Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and the likes were just ideas, it is this swift nature of technology that has brought about the revolution we see today. Trends born when the first case of corona was reported in Kenya over four months ago have evolved. The stay-at-home directive meant more people would turn to the Internet and technology to stir up their creativity, learn, work, keep in touch; simply, keep the ball rolling. 

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