By amplifying the stories of the Filipina Trike Patrol 34 and Globe Twatters, we can promote greater understanding, empathy, and support for women in non-traditional careers. As we look to the future, it's clear that these women are paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable society.
The Globe Twatters themselves faced a wave of bans and shadowbans for "coordinated complaining," which Twitter (now X) flagged as spam. Filipina Trike Patrol 34 -Globe Twatters- -2023...
However, the reclaimed the name. By mid-2023, they had organized into a digital watchdog collective. Their core activities included: By amplifying the stories of the Filipina Trike
| Date | Event | |------|-------| | | Globe Twatters release a viral thread featuring a video of a Trike Patrol 34 member, Aling Nena, unable to send a distress message during a minor accident. The video gets 1.2 million views. | | Oct. 18, 2023 | Local news picks up the story: “Trike Patrol 34 – Women safety drivers cry foul over dead zones.” | | Oct. 22, 2023 | Globe Telecom dispatches a technical team to Barangay 34. They install a temporary cell-on-wheels (COW) and promise a new tower by Q1 2024. | | Oct. 25, 2023 | Trike Patrol 34 holds a “Thank You, Twatters” street parade — 34 decorated trikes, each carrying a placard with a Globe complaint tweet printed out. | | Nov. 5, 2023 | The group begins live-tweeting night patrols using hashtag #Trike34Live . Globe Twatters retweet every patrol log, turning safety updates into a quirky real-time community watch. | | Dec. 2023 | Rappler and PhilSTAR publish features: “From Memes to Movements: How Globe Twatters and Trike Patrol 34 Changed Digital Activism.” | However, the reclaimed the name
"Globe: Our signal reaches 97% of the country. Me, riding with Trike Patrol 34 in Barangay 34: *picture of loading screen* 97% of what? Your imagination?"