[ÉDITO] Filming death to have more followers

To immortalize is to take a photo, to leave a mark in history. And what is filming death? These few seconds, in the city center of Saint-Quentin, where dozens of smartphones have followed the agony of a man almost live, by broadcasting them on social networks, are revolting.

Death, drama, suffering have become the equivalent of a birthday, a fireworks display or a neighborhood party: material for Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok and Facebook.

By dint of living in the virtual world of social media, compassion comes down to an emoji or a thumbs-up. The most basic modesty has been banished for far too long. Because the goal of all these videographers is to use the death of a man to inflate the number of likes or followers. It sounds obvious, naive almost, but writing it down makes you really want to throw up.

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