Update 10 August 2011: It is with sadness and a heavy heart that we tell you that Duncan Allan was found dead. Please read this article to find more: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Duncan-Allan-found-20110809
Ever since Social Media started gaining traction, there have been people looking to use it for different purposes, from telling you about their favourite restaurant to something more important like the Egyptian protests.
There was a story about how Twitter was used to track down a woman to prevent her suicide, there were stories about how people used Twitter and Facebook to get the word out about what was happening in January 2011 in Egypt.
Now not all of you will know but I was a Maths and Computer teacher at King Edward VII School a couple of years ago. And it turns out that Duncan Craig Allan, an old boy from King Edward VII School, has gone missing on the 18 July 2011. Now I have seen a huge response to this on Facebook and Twitter.
People have been changing their avatars to Duncan’s Missing Person’s poster. People have been looking for information and liking lots of posts. I have seen a fair amount of offline social media as posters have been put up around shopping centres in and around Joburg, and I have also seen lots of posters in Durban and down the South Coast.
There has been lots of media coverage on this and here a couple of mentions.
http://www.turnitaround.co.za/news/news_article/322
http://www.myjozi.co.za/help-find-duncan-allan-please-take-5-minutes-to-view-this-post/
If you have any news on Duncan Allan, please get in touch on the Facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/207571865960970/ or contact the investigating officer Wattrant Officer Denny Phatshwane on 082 319 9647.
Update: If you would like the poster to print and put up, you can get it here : Duncan Allan Poster or from here http://www.scribd.com/doc/60946494/Duncan This was done by http://twitter.com/#!/jamescaw
