Twitter social media is busy discussing the invitation to revoke the application or uninstall Traveloka. The invitation was the result of a walk out action by renowned pianist Ananda Sukarlan at the 90th anniversary event of Kanisius College which was attended by the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan, Saturday 11 November 2017.
As soon as Ananda left the meeting room, news circulated that one of the founders of Traveloka, Derianto Kusuma greeted the pianist. The attitude of the Traveloka founder was seen by the public as support for harassment of Anies who was giving a speech.
The invitation to revoke the Traveloka application then became a trending topic on Twitter, with the hashtag #UninstallTraveloka. Twitter users are split into two voices; there are those who support the boycott of the Traveloka application, there are those who regret the excessive action.
Traveloka provides an official answer to the rolling issue. According to Traveloka, there was misinformation from the widely circulated news.
"We state that Traveloka is a technology-based company founded by the sons and daughters of the Indonesian nation that puts forward the values ​​of mutual respect, tolerance and innovation. These values ​​are always applied to employees and external stakeholders," explained Traveloka in an official statement to VIVA. via email, Tuesday 14 November 2017.
Traveloka stated that it was proud that one of the founders received an award from Kanisius alumni at the event.
"This award further motivates us to increase our contribution to society by increasing mobility and improving the quality of life," said Traveloka.
Traveloka provides clarification about the dragging of their founder's name. Derianto was not present at the event, in contrast to the news circulating so far. Traveloka said that the news that Derianto came and greeted Ananda was a hoax, because at that time Derianto was outside Jakarta.
"However, he was unable to attend because he was on an official trip that had been planned a few months earlier. He was not in Jakarta," said Traveloka.