Logged into facebook, and a lovely workmate of mine had posted a massive heartfelt rant about mental health....I know she has suffered from bouts of depression in the past, so I read thinking OMG what's happened hope she's alright...but as I continued to read I became aware that this was not something she'd composed herself due to the Amercanisms, to be fair it did have some good points, but the more I read the more passive/aggressive it became, demanding that it was "liked" then copied and pasted, put up as my own status and sent to the first 10 people on my contact lists (or something like this)...I posted a similar thread about these silly games that don't actually do anything constructive to help the causes they're purport to help...they're misguided at worst - but these just really get my back up! especially when they come with a footnote that says I know exactly which one of my friends will repost this, that most of you won't even bother to read it properly and if you don't copy and paste = you don't care!!!!
Now there is nothing wrong whatsoever in seeing something somebody else has written and wholeheartedly agreeing with it, and even posting words to that effect and getting a conversation going about the subject, or better still posting statuses that are written yourself and are relevant to yourself and the people that you know, maybe it will lead to friends reaching out to you in real life, maybe getting friends together to do some fund raising, offering practical help - But no.....just copy and paste this "one size fits all diatribe " post it to 10 other people, hit the like button and send me an X and a :heart: to show me that you've done it!!!!
I wish I had the guts to post my feelings about this sort of thing on FB itself but I know it would cause friction...I never go along with them, but never say anything either as it would possibly cause problems..however I do need to get it of my chest..thanks for listening...Oh and copy and paste this...only kiddin'!!!
Now there is nothing wrong whatsoever in seeing something somebody else has written and wholeheartedly agreeing with it, and even posting words to that effect and getting a conversation going about the subject, or better still posting statuses that are written yourself and are relevant to yourself and the people that you know, maybe it will lead to friends reaching out to you in real life, maybe getting friends together to do some fund raising, offering practical help - But no.....just copy and paste this "one size fits all diatribe " post it to 10 other people, hit the like button and send me an X and a :heart: to show me that you've done it!!!!
I wish I had the guts to post my feelings about this sort of thing on FB itself but I know it would cause friction...I never go along with them, but never say anything either as it would possibly cause problems..however I do need to get it of my chest..thanks for listening...Oh and copy and paste this...only kiddin'!!!