Dan From Optus Becomes Facebook Anti-Racism Hero

Social media done right.


9 December 2016

Melbourne National News

Image: Facebook

Dan from Optus, who lives in Melbourne, has become an online hero after sending some calm and measured responses to a number of people on their Facebook page.

In the face of some xenophobic anger, Dan has been applauded for showing professionalism while politely shutting them down.

Here are some examples of his work:

And with the final punch:

We think a lot of these posters are unaware that Optus is in fact owned by Singapore Telecommunications, but we doubt they've done their research...

Many people congratulated Optus for their work:

Overall, this is the general vibe that Dan was coming up against we reckon:

Well played, Dan.