MANILA, Philippines (Manila Bureau) – While Bb. Maharlika is desperately spreading trashy gossip about the occupants in Malacañang, major vloggers who were once united in defending former President Rodrigo Duterte are now throwing barbs at each other.

It seems social influence in the Philippines has morphed into who is the smartest, the most knowledgeable and the most credentialed among the major vloggers.

Dionne Warwick’s “That’s What Friends Are For” means nothing in the on-going battle of the bulging egos among Thinking Pinoy, Sass Rogando Sasot and Cocky Rocky.

Their respective followers are left on their own to decide on who is right and who is wrong but what’s entertaining is that netizens are not getting the socio-political influence they seek from their Lodis (Idols). It reminds them of the ongoing rift among the noon-time TV shows where personalities, not issues, rule!