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This comment may be a bit controversial, but facebook fads like that (and the concept of "slactavism" in general) really bother me because they don't actually DO  anything to combat child abuse. It's nostalgic to see what kind of shows people watched as children but if you ACTUALLY want to prevent child abuse you can donate to preventchildabuse.org or showcase ACTUAL sories or statistics that help raise awareness.

It's nostalgia not activism. 

I'm really, really sorry if I hurt anyones feelngs, but this is an issue I feel strongly about. I wish it was "donate $5 to a worthy cause to change your profile pic to a childhood charecter. THAT is a cause I would wholeheartedly support.

Sorry again, if I hurt someone's feelings.  

@His Lil SantosGirl: Sorry 

To be fair, I do think it's really interesting to see what shows people watched as children. 

@DollyLava: The concept is called "slactavism" which basically means you give the apperance of making change, but aren't actually doing anything to support the cause. 

@His Lil SantosGirl: That's true and I'm sure someone somewhere did donate to a worthy cause because of it and that's a good and noble thing. I suppose I just wish the ratio of people who donated and the number of people who changed their pictures was closer to 1. 

@MissHobbit: I agree with your sentiments 100%

The first time I remember something like this went on around Facebook was posting your bra color to promote "breast cancer awareness". My mom is a survivor and it really offended me because I didn't feel like it did anything for the cause whatsoever. 

@yrret107: So, as someone who was affected by an issue that Facebook tried to make people "aware" of, I was offended myself.

I think both cancer and child abuse are sensitive topics for people, and if it gives you comfort to participte in something like this as a survivor of abuse, great. But I'm not going to participate in something that I also consider it slactavism.

To me, it cheapens your experience and doesn't do anything to prevent people from having to go through it in the future.

In an attempt to lighten the mood. My favorite cartoon as a kid was marvin the martian. I had marvin the martian memorabilia EVERYWHERE. I was a scrawny 9 year old girl wearing a marvin the martian tie to school because I was obsessed (although my tie tying abilities came in handy later in life) It's not my profile picture, but interesting nonetheless.

@lulucarmen:The thing is, that it doesn't say anything about child abuse except that it exists which we already knew. It doesn't say anything about the prevelance of abuse or the kinds of horrendous things that are happening to innocent children. If your goal is to motivate people to donate to a worthy cause, you have to give them a reason to, you have to touch on their empathy as a parent or sympathy as a classmate which this doesn't do. The number of people it DOES motivate compared to the number it COULD is bothersome.

Okay. I'll stop now. I promise. 

I would agree that people only do it so that they can get away with putting up a picture of Daphne or something ridiculous and not getting laughed at for it. And out of the people who do it, who's really going to donate.... not so many, if ANY. But hey, we can't really do anything about it. Whoever keeps making up those dumb games just needs to be taken out back behind the wood shed I guess. 

Mine... and I get it, it would be a hell of a lot better if for every person who changed their picture a dollar was donated to a charity. However, it is bringing child abuse to the forefront of peoples minds using something that they see everyday--- facebook. Honestly I think this makes a lot more sense than the whole "I like to do it in the ________fill in the blank"... now that was just dumb.

I'm sure there will be donations that come from this. I usually solely donate to the SPCA and St. Judes, but you know what.. this made me think, hey, why not mercy home too?

It raised $100 for child abuse victims just from me; surely I can't be the only one, right?

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