1. When the twitterverse came together to help a Syrian refugee hawking pens in Beirut
Syrian father selling pens in the streets of #Beirut with his sleeping daughter #Lebanon #Syria
Within hours after this tweet, requests came in from all over the world to help him. People on twitter used the hashtag #BuyPens to track him down, created a crowdfunding page and raised more than $80,000 for him and his family.
2. When millions of Indians took to Facebook to organize a city wide search and rescue during the Chennai flood.
One of the devastating effect of the flood was the crippling of mobile networks in the area which led to a huge communication problem. With125 million Indians on Facebook, people used the medium to distribute supplies and organize search and rescue missions.
3. When Instagrammers rallied around to help foot the hospital bill for this Iranian rugby player
4. When a British backpacker in Thailand got blood donors after a Facebook post went viral
Lucy Hill needed a blood transfusion after a tragic moped accident. Unfortunately, her blood type is very rare in Thailand and her friend took to Facebook to ask for blood donors in a post that went viral. Soon after, there were queues of people at the hospital eager to donate blood.
5. When local residents united on a Facebook page to help people stranded during the Atlanta snow in
6. When Humans of New York used its social media accounts to run a charity campaign to help displaced Syrian refugees.
After sharing the heartfelt stories of some of the displaced Syrians, the internet came together and donated over $700,000 in three days.
7. When this child was found because of a Facebook post gone viral
A couple flooded their Facebook timeline with amber alert posts after they had found out that their son was kidnapped by their nanny. The child was rescued after a man who had come across the post on Facebook, sighted the nanny and the child at a bus station.
8. When residents opened their homes to the victims of the terror attack in Brussels using a twitter hashtag
9. When streams of weibo posts in the thousands coerced the Chinese government to change their policies to reduce air pollution
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