(11-20-2011 11:37 PM)supernova8610 Wrote:  I hate it when someone's status tries to guilt-trip me into posting. It's such a turn-off. Even if it's something I like or agree with... if there's a guilt trip to repost, I won't repost.

(11-21-2011 01:03 AM)lucrezaborgia Wrote:  

(11-20-2011 11:37 PM)supernova8610 Wrote:  I hate it when someone's status tries to guilt-trip me into posting. It's such a turn-off. Even if it's something I like or agree with... if there's a guilt trip to repost, I won't repost.

During child abuse awareness I changed my FB icon to Pedobear. That particular campaign made me want to punch a hole in the wall. I have quite a few friends who lived through abuse and I'm constantly dealing with issues with my fiance from his childhood abuse.

(11-21-2011 02:57 PM)Naomi Wrote:  I understand the frustration with those types of campaigns. On the other hand, I know some abuse survivors who participated and were making a pretty big statement by doing so. Maybe it's completely ineffective in preventing any abuse, but can be a way for survivors to publicly own their stories at a time when people are paying attention. Maybe different things for different people?

(11-21-2011 03:32 PM)Mark Wrote:  I think changing profiles pics and/or posting something about a cause are fine. For example, a member of our former church passed away in a car accident last week. Several friends changed their profile pics to pics of him or shared his obituary. It was a great tribute. If everyone had cut-and-pasted the same canned tribute or posted, "If you miss XXX, then change your profile pic to one of him for one hour," then that would have cheapened the memorialization of his life.

(11-21-2011 05:06 PM)pastors wife Wrote:  

(11-21-2011 03:32 PM)Mark Wrote:  I think changing profiles pics and/or posting something about a cause are fine. For example, a member of our former church passed away in a car accident last week. Several friends changed their profile pics to pics of him or shared his obituary. It was a great tribute. If everyone had cut-and-pasted the same canned tribute or posted, "If you miss XXX, then change your profile pic to one of him for one hour," then that would have cheapened the memorialization of his life.

This kind of thing could be an illustration of a grace-filled approach to Christianity vs. the fundamentalist one: in one, you're moved from love to do something; in the other, you're coerced and guilted into behaving a certain way, a way that someone else decided was the right thing.

If I'm moved to post something to my wall, I should just do it, not try to manipulate other people into joining me. If the comment touches other people, they'll often copy and paste without your having to put on the high pressure guilt tactics.

(11-21-2011 05:01 PM)tiarali Wrote:  Yep. So basically people don't have to feel guilty that they haven't actually done anything to make the world a better place, because they changed their status for an hour.