In today’s world, celebrities and athletes are using social media more and more to communicate with their fans. It’s a fast and easy way to update fans on what they’re doing, where they’ve been, and what they’ve experienced. Since the boom of social media, athletes and fans are able to stay connected with one another and sometimes fans are even able to receive insider information straight from the source before the news breaks on ESPN. A good example would be in 2010 when Kevin Durant from the Oklahomoa City Thunder announced on Twitter that he would stay in Oklahoma and resign with the Thunder.
Recently, another NBA basketball player used social media, but this time is wasn’t to update his fans on his basketball career. Matt Barnes from the Los Angeles Clippers cleverly used the social media channel Twitter to start a man hunt for an individual who murdered his aunt. Unfortunately, family reported that Barnes’s aunt, Tanganyika Williams was on her way to visit her estranged husband Michael Williams. Tanganyika died due to a fatal stab wound to the neck.
Barnes posted two picture of 51 year-old Michael Lee Williams on Twitter with this quote: “This dude stabbed my auntie in the neck last week & left her for dead on the sidewalk, she ended up dying on the way to the hospital in the ambulance. If you have any info on his where abouts contact the #SacPD.”
The second that Matt Barnes hit the send button on his Tweet, he instantaneously reached out to over 262,000 followers. Barnes could have waited until the ten o’clock news to voice his concern but he didn’t, he decided to take matters into his own hands. It’s amazing that with the technology we have today, Barnes was able to voice his concern in less time than it takes to order a burger at a fast food restaurant.
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