Cringe Tweets From Crypto Community Over Turkey and Syria Earthquake

PATNA (CoinChapter.com) — A massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria has caused the death of more than 5,400 people. The earthquake reduced a huge chunk of Turkey and northwest Syria to rubble. The countries suffered three major earthquakes in quick succession, compounding the damage.

Furthermore, the freezing winter temperatures and rains have complicated rescue efforts. The Syria earthquake added to the plight of the citizens already suffering from years of war.

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria stuck in the early morning hours on Feb 6, catching the populace by surprise. Pazarcik district in the southern part of Kahramanmaraş Province was the epicenter of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey.

Later in the day, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake centered in the Kahramanmaras’s Elbistan district hit the already struggling region. Lastly, an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude hit Goksun in Turkey. Moreover, seven neighboring countries also felt the tremors.

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Per the UN, the first quake that hit Turkey was the country’s most powerful in more than 80 years. Relief supplies poured in from all over the world, as nations mourned the calamity and loss of life. The UAE allocated $100 million for earthquake relief efforts in Syria and Turkey.

India sent relief materials, a mobile hospital, and specialized search and rescue teams aboard two C-17 Globemaster.

Crypto Twitter also sprang into action, setting up donation wallets. Crypto firms, exchanges, and influencers pledged assistance or raised money for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

But, Cringe Tweets Mar The Efforts Of Crypto Twitter In Wake Of Turkey-Syria Earthquake

While the world scrambled to help the disaster victims in Turkey and Syria, some took the opportunity to use the event for their benefit. Crypto Twitter was awash with tweets using the #Turkey or #Turkey_earthquake to increase the reach of their posts.

While it’s not wrong to promote a project or token, using such hashtags results in relevant results, like a list of addresses that accepts crypto donations, getting lost in the heap of useless tweets.

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Then, there are Twitter users who are not so subtle in promoting personal gains during such calamities. For example, a LUNC validator, with the moniker Classy on Twitter, apparently had sympathy only for LUNC-holding victims of the Turkey Syria earthquake.

Ironically, the creation of LUNC was itself a calamity.

Philakone, a crypto analyst and influencer, shared a post informing his more than 133,500 followers of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Accompanying the post was a video of Philakone giving a Bitcoin (BTC) price analysis in the same breath in which he shared prayers for the victims’ families.

The Special Cringe Tweets

Then, tweets like the one below force one to question the direction of certain human beings’ evolutionary journeys.

A post about a fire at a port following the Turkey earthquake is accompanied by a tweet exalting the growing influence of cryptos. Such incidents likely lend material for jokes relating hair color to intelligence. *Ahem*

Then, some took the Turkey Syria earthquake as an excuse to form a new token called the Turkey Inu. The project claims that 50% of all tax would go to relief effort wallets. But, where will the other half go? That part remains unclear.

Indian crypto influencer Lalit Meena wondered if the earthquake in Turkey and Syria impact the well-being of the crypto markets. Meena later added a prayer for Turkey and Syria as an afterthought.

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