Canadian best-selling author, Malcolm Gladwell has been especially vocal in challenging social media and even tagging it as overrated. He feels that it has no significant influence on social activism and is mere weak digital connections. But, how would Gladwell react if he learns about an Egyptian baby girl named “Facebook”. Yes, it’s official. This first born was named after the social network that became instrumental in spreading the news about the revolution that’s transpiring in the country.

Al-Ahram of a local newspaper noted: “The girl’s family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. ‘Facebook’ received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name.”

Baby “Facebook’s” father, Jamal Ibrahim told reporters that he wanted to express his gratitude about the triumph that was reached by naming his firstborn girl after the social media tool integral to the liberating revolution. The 30-year old rule was the main target of the protest

While Gladwell is continues to argue and we quote “People with a grievance will always find ways to communicate with each other. How they choose to do it is less interesting, in the end, than why they were driven to do it in the first place,” people from the country that were moved by Facebook acknowledges that what just happened in their country is a social media revolution.

What many realized during this period was the depth that Facebook, social media and the internet can reach in such a serious situation. What we know as a venue to exchange messages, post pictures, videos and chat with friends, others use to help a country rise from crucial circumstance. Why? It’s a simple reason- it reaches thousands of miles and breach borders in just a single snap, with little constraint on one’s physical nature.