Patww79 wrote: » I'd say they know it's for some charity and they go for some social event and the aforementioned selfie opportunity for snapchat, but I really doubt 99.9% know the specifics of what the cause is.
bee06 wrote: » Just because you wouldn't talk to that person doesn't mean that there isn't someone else they are friends with who may be going through a difficult time and would talk to them. Or someone who sees it who may talk to someone else instead. It sounds like Facebook just isn't for you really.
Patww79 wrote: » Would more than 20% of them even know why they're going on the walk though? It's the rest that I think the OP meant.
anna080 wrote: » ... I think most people doing it are doing it for good reasons, but there'll always be the attention seekers who probably wouldn't do it if it meant you couldn't take a selfie...
anna080 wrote: » Is it going to get someone to open up and talk though? I mean, how is seeing a selfie of someone doing the walk going to prompt someone into opening up? Genuine question. The awareness raised is great- and the funds will go towards helping those in need. But, and maybe this is ignorant of me, I can't see how a selfie of Laura down the road is going to help someone who is feeling in the gutter and like there is no hope. It's just not that simple.
ChikiChiki wrote: » Hashtags etc, are all very important to raise awareness and gain momentum through social media channels. I lost my father too through it. Social media has a part to play. Getting people to open up and talk is the aim.
anna080 wrote: » I opened all my social media this morning and saw the same. Selfie after selfie. Fair play to everyone who took part, the point is to raise awareness afterall, so I suppose however way people go about that it's still raising awareness? I did the walk myself a few years ago, but didn't feel the need to show I was doing it or take a photo of myself, I just did it. I think most people doing it are doing it for good reasons, but there'll always be the attention seekers who probably wouldn't do it if it meant you couldn't take a selfie. And before anyone tells me I don't know what I'm talking about, I lost my father to suicide 6 years ago so I understand perfectly well.
Cerisepink wrote: » It also feels wrong when I see people posting stuff about mental health saying thing's like "you can always talk to me in a crisis" when I know for a fact from knowing these people personally that they would be the last person I could talk to if I needed to. People need genuine help from people who can like pieta house not from people copying and sharing things because everyone else is. Back up what you post.
Cerisepink wrote: » It's that time of year again when my Facebook Timeline is flooded with selfies from darkness into light. I can understand the imagery behind it and what it stands for but to me it just comes across as a selfie opportunity these days. I know suicide is a sensitive topic but I'd like to know how darkness into light helps the person at home whose feeling suicidal? If it's to raise funds for counselling services fair enough but then why the need for a million selfies? Is there any need to do the darkness into light in the first place? Can't we all just be a little less s**t to each other instead!?
Cerisepink wrote: » I agree, any awareness is good awareness I guess even if the motives are not, but I don't know, something just feels a bit wrong about it.
Alf Veedersane wrote: » Even if the primary motivation of people posting pictures from DIL isn't to raise awareness, they have still contributed to Pieta Hous amd to raising awareness. I'm don't know where the negative is.
Nicolas Cage wrote: » Mod: Less of this please
Cerisepink wrote: » Thanks for your input. I think maybe it's Facebook that I have an issue with, it probably is bringing out the negativity in me and I'm always calling bulls**t on people's motivations lately but I mean is deleting your account the only way to stop that? Boards is also full of negatively and "miserable gits" apparently. So where does it end? Delete the lot? Maybe not such a bad idea
xzanti wrote: » Miserable git.
An File wrote: » Imagine losing a brother, a sister, a child, a parent, a best friend, a team-mate, a cousin, a lover, an uncle or an aunt, and knowing you'll never see them or spend time with them ever again. Imagine knowing how miserable and alone they felt before they saw suicide as the only choice. Then once a year you get to spend an hour or so with others who've had similar losses. You don't even have to share your stories, you just know that the people around you understand. You're out remembering someone really special, surrounded by thousands of others, celebrating the joy of being alive and offering hope to others. Of course some people are going to want to take a picture. It's a moment of joy born out of utter sadness.
Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: » OP I think your missing the bigger picture. the event is to raise money for suicide services. People take selfies all the time, that's nothing new and naturally if they're up and walking/runnng at some ungodly hour then they probably gonna want to show that off to their friends/family. I personally think selfies regardless of the occasion as childish and daft but they don't bother me, each to their own. By the way, I deleted my FB account about 3 months ago and it's been great, my phone battery now lasts the entire day sometimes nearly 2 days and I'm not been bombarded with negative **** and news which is all FB seems to be these days.
