Originally Posted by Jason100:
“The selfies still keep coming in on my feed. How is this raising awareness?”
“The selfies still keep coming in on my feed. How is this raising awareness?”
By the fact it has raised £1 million shows it has
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Originally Posted by angelafisher:
“I rarely wear make up, should I put my make up on and do a selfie?!
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“I rarely wear make up, should I put my make up on and do a selfie?!
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Yes, but make sure you donate as well.
Someone's finally said what we've all been thinking:
"Instead of a no make up selfie I'll do something that will actually help cancer research"
The photo attached is a link to the cancer research donate page!
"Instead of a no make up selfie I'll do something that will actually help cancer research"
The photo attached is a link to the cancer research donate page!
Originally Posted by Jason100:
“Someone's finally said what we've all been thinking:
"Instead of a no make up selfie I'll do something that will actually help cancer research"
The photo attached is a link to the cancer research donate page!”
“Someone's finally said what we've all been thinking:
"Instead of a no make up selfie I'll do something that will actually help cancer research"
The photo attached is a link to the cancer research donate page!”
You mean apart from the ones who have already raised £1 million due to this I have seen just as many people posting donate info as I have selfies.
Would they have posted that donate link if this has not made them think about it?
Did they donate themselves or just post a link so other people would?
I've had a few people saying that they are 'leaving Facebook' cue all the usual whats up hun, inbox me rubbish. Within a day they are back on there clogging up my feed.
Attention seeking
Attention seeking
Originally Posted by James Frederick:
“You mean apart from the ones who have already raised £1 million due to this I have seen just as many people posting donate info as I have selfies.
Would they have posted that donate link if this has not made them think about it?
Did they donate themselves or just post a link so other people would?”
“You mean apart from the ones who have already raised £1 million due to this I have seen just as many people posting donate info as I have selfies.
Would they have posted that donate link if this has not made them think about it?
Did they donate themselves or just post a link so other people would?”
More people do seem to be donating now, I'd still say it's probably only half the people that post a picture though. It definitely only improved after the "backlash" though, until then it was just another one of those "I like it on the stairs" kind of things. It still makes me laugh how a lot of the people doing it are so self congratulatory and seem to think that they're saving the world, you've donated £3 (maybe) I raised £500 for a local hospice last year but didn't feel the need to bang on about it on Facebook to feel better about myself and get the approval of others.
Originally Posted by James Frederick:
“By the fact it has raised £1 million shows it has”
“By the fact it has raised £1 million shows it has”
Donations do not equal raised awareness, they equal raised donations. Do you think people have seen these and thought, "Oh my God this cancer thing, I was completely unaware of it!" It is not raising awareness if you already knew about it.
One of my friends put a polite status asking people not to nominate her to do the no make up selfie. Someone asked why and an argument erupted.
Poster: please stop nominating me. I dont feel comfortable putting a bare faced picture of myself on here so can you all please leave me out of nominations. Thank you
Friend: why not hun? Youre gorgeous as you are. I aint skinny or pretty but i still did it cos its for a good cause.
Poster: i have issues with my appearance and would prefer not to be bullied into it. Ive made a donation so im happy ive done my bit.
Friend: women like that are so pathetic. Sorry but its true. They have loads of pics with slap on and their tits hanging out but wont go make up free for a good cause!
Im annoyed. The poster already stated that she had donated yet her friend isnt happy until the woman with low self esteem as a result of years of bullying about her appearance puts a pic of herself which makes her uncomfortable.
Thats what i detest about this. People are ignoring the fact people have donated and just want to see photos of women looking bare faced. If you dont do it you get targetted.
Poster: please stop nominating me. I dont feel comfortable putting a bare faced picture of myself on here so can you all please leave me out of nominations. Thank you
Friend: why not hun? Youre gorgeous as you are. I aint skinny or pretty but i still did it cos its for a good cause.
Poster: i have issues with my appearance and would prefer not to be bullied into it. Ive made a donation so im happy ive done my bit.
Friend: women like that are so pathetic. Sorry but its true. They have loads of pics with slap on and their tits hanging out but wont go make up free for a good cause!
Im annoyed. The poster already stated that she had donated yet her friend isnt happy until the woman with low self esteem as a result of years of bullying about her appearance puts a pic of herself which makes her uncomfortable.
Thats what i detest about this. People are ignoring the fact people have donated and just want to see photos of women looking bare faced. If you dont do it you get targetted.
Originally Posted by Tt88:
“One of my friends put a polite status asking people not to nominate her to do the no make up selfie. Someone asked why and an argument erupted.
Poster: please stop nominating me. I dont feel comfortable putting a bare faced picture of myself on here so can you all please leave me out of nominations. Thank you
Friend: why not hun? Youre gorgeous as you are. I aint skinny or pretty but i still did it cos its for a good cause.
Poster: i have issues with my appearance and would prefer not to be bullied into it. Ive made a donation so im happy ive done my bit.
Friend: women like that are so pathetic. Sorry but its true. They have loads of pics with slap on and their tits hanging out but wont go make up free for a good cause!
Im annoyed. The poster already stated that she had donated yet her friend isnt happy until the woman with low self esteem as a result of years of bullying about her appearance puts a pic of herself which makes her uncomfortable.
Thats what i detest about this. People are ignoring the fact people have donated and just want to see photos of women looking bare faced. If you dont do it you get targetted.”
“One of my friends put a polite status asking people not to nominate her to do the no make up selfie. Someone asked why and an argument erupted.
Poster: please stop nominating me. I dont feel comfortable putting a bare faced picture of myself on here so can you all please leave me out of nominations. Thank you
Friend: why not hun? Youre gorgeous as you are. I aint skinny or pretty but i still did it cos its for a good cause.
Poster: i have issues with my appearance and would prefer not to be bullied into it. Ive made a donation so im happy ive done my bit.
Friend: women like that are so pathetic. Sorry but its true. They have loads of pics with slap on and their tits hanging out but wont go make up free for a good cause!
Im annoyed. The poster already stated that she had donated yet her friend isnt happy until the woman with low self esteem as a result of years of bullying about her appearance puts a pic of herself which makes her uncomfortable.
Thats what i detest about this. People are ignoring the fact people have donated and just want to see photos of women looking bare faced. If you dont do it you get targetted.”
Christ that is awful. Some "friend". Your friend should drop her like a hot stone.
Originally Posted by chandlerp:
“Donations do not equal raised awareness, they equal raised donations. Do you think people have seen these and thought, "Oh my God this cancer thing, I was completely unaware of it!" It is not raising awareness if you already knew about it.”
“Donations do not equal raised awareness, they equal raised donations. Do you think people have seen these and thought, "Oh my God this cancer thing, I was completely unaware of it!" It is not raising awareness if you already knew about it.”
So why do any charity thing or event why have Children In Need we all know that some Children are starving and some abused
Why have comic/sports relief we all know about the poor and needy
Why have Race For Life after all we do know about Cancer
Why ever mention Cancer on TV or in the media as we all know about it anyway
You are missing my point. They are not raising awareness, they are raising donations. Not a problem, just stop referring to raising awareness like nobody has ever heard of the bloody thing.
Originally Posted by James Frederick:
“So why do any charity thing or event why have Children In Need we all know that some Children are starving and some abused
Why have comic/sports relief we all know about the poor and needy
Why have Race For Life after all we do know about Cancer
Why ever mention Cancer on TV or in the media as we all know about it anyway”
“So why do any charity thing or event why have Children In Need we all know that some Children are starving and some abused
Why have comic/sports relief we all know about the poor and needy
Why have Race For Life after all we do know about Cancer
Why ever mention Cancer on TV or in the media as we all know about it anyway”
"Raising money" and "raising awareness" are not the same thing. All those events are done to raise money. "Raising awareness" is what people who can't be arsed to donate say they are doing when they make an empty gesture purely to make themselves feel good and as though they have done a good deed.
Originally Posted by Jambo_c:
“"Raising money" and "raising awareness" are not the same thing. All those events are done to raise money. "Raising awareness" is what people who can't be arsed to donate say they are doing when they make an empty gesture purely to make themselves feel good and as though they have done a good deed.”
“"Raising money" and "raising awareness" are not the same thing. All those events are done to raise money. "Raising awareness" is what people who can't be arsed to donate say they are doing when they make an empty gesture purely to make themselves feel good and as though they have done a good deed.”
As this has raised £1 million and got everyone talking about it then it's done both.
Most people on my FB who have put a pic up have also donated or do have a regular DD donation going out anyway some both.
Originally Posted by chandlerp:
“It has only done both if they were not aware of cancer's existence.”
“It has only done both if they were not aware of cancer's existence.”
Better to never ever talk about it then unless you pay out first as if you are aware why bother talking about it.
Why put anything about Cancer on the news are anywhere else at all after all we all know everything about it and it won't make even one more person think for a moment and maybe check.
The all time classic just appeared on my timeline:
"All I keep thinking is why me?"
Friend of Friend: "What's up Hun?"
Friend: "I'll inbox you"
Friend of Friend: "Okie"
"All I keep thinking is why me?"
Friend of Friend: "What's up Hun?"
Friend: "I'll inbox you"
Friend of Friend: "Okie"
Most of my female friends on Facebook have now either been nominated for or have actually done the 'no make-up selfie' thing. I've got mixed feelings about it personally.
On the one hand, it's great that it's earned £2 million and counting for Cancer Research UK in a matter of days. It's a valuable charity that does a lot of great work. And I also don't particularly mind the selfies themselves. After all, it's nice for people to get compliments from their friends, isn't it?
However, there does seem to be a sort of tacit guilt-tripping/peer-pressuring motive behind it. I'm uncomfortable with the whole 'nominating' thing, in that respect. I think if people want to do it, they should do it of their own volition. Instead, what's happening is that people do their own selfie and tag in a few of their friends and demand that all of them do one of their own in the space of 24 hours. Well what if they don't want to? Or what if they're a bit strapped for cash this month and so can't donate?
Like others in this thread, I've seen girls who've refused to upload a picture of themselves receive a fair few harsh and negative comments. They've been told to 'man up' and to just get on with it 'cos it's for charity.' I know that part of what charities do is pester power (though I know Cancer Research UK wasn't behind this originally, though they have got behind it now). But I just find it concerning that people are being somewhat hounded into this, even if they're personally uncomfortable with it. I felt the same way about NekNominate, though thankfully this doesn't have the depressing element of one-upmanship that that did.
So yeah, I'm fine with the donating part (obviously) and the selfie part. However I think that pestering and nominating others to do the same leaves a bit of a sour taste in the mouth. Doing that, IMO, makes the whole thing no more sophisticated than those irritating memes that go: 'Like if you think cancer is evil. Ignore if you think cancer is SUPER COOL!!'
On the one hand, it's great that it's earned £2 million and counting for Cancer Research UK in a matter of days. It's a valuable charity that does a lot of great work. And I also don't particularly mind the selfies themselves. After all, it's nice for people to get compliments from their friends, isn't it?
However, there does seem to be a sort of tacit guilt-tripping/peer-pressuring motive behind it. I'm uncomfortable with the whole 'nominating' thing, in that respect. I think if people want to do it, they should do it of their own volition. Instead, what's happening is that people do their own selfie and tag in a few of their friends and demand that all of them do one of their own in the space of 24 hours. Well what if they don't want to? Or what if they're a bit strapped for cash this month and so can't donate?
Like others in this thread, I've seen girls who've refused to upload a picture of themselves receive a fair few harsh and negative comments. They've been told to 'man up' and to just get on with it 'cos it's for charity.' I know that part of what charities do is pester power (though I know Cancer Research UK wasn't behind this originally, though they have got behind it now). But I just find it concerning that people are being somewhat hounded into this, even if they're personally uncomfortable with it. I felt the same way about NekNominate, though thankfully this doesn't have the depressing element of one-upmanship that that did.
So yeah, I'm fine with the donating part (obviously) and the selfie part. However I think that pestering and nominating others to do the same leaves a bit of a sour taste in the mouth. Doing that, IMO, makes the whole thing no more sophisticated than those irritating memes that go: 'Like if you think cancer is evil. Ignore if you think cancer is SUPER COOL!!'
Originally Posted by ShotMarvin1:
“Most of my female friends on Facebook have now either been nominated for or have actually done the 'no make-up selfie' thing. I've got mixed feelings about it personally.
On the one hand, it's great that it's earned £2 million and counting for Cancer Research UK in a matter of days. It's a valuable charity that does a lot of great work. And I also don't particularly mind the selfies themselves. After all, it's nice for people to get compliments from their friends, isn't it?
However, there does seem to be a sort of tacit guilt-tripping/peer-pressuring motive behind it. I'm uncomfortable with the whole 'nominating' thing, in that respect. I think if people want to do it, they should do it of their own volition. Instead, what's happening is that people do their own selfie and tag in a few of their friends and demand that all of them do one of their own in the space of 24 hours. Well what if they don't want to? Or what if they're a bit strapped for cash this month and so can't donate?
Like others in this thread, I've seen girls who've refused to upload a picture of themselves receive a fair few harsh and negative comments. They've been told to 'man up' and to just get on with it 'cos it's for charity.' I know that part of what charities do is pester power (though I know Cancer Research UK wasn't behind this originally, though they have got behind it now). But I just find it concerning that people are being somewhat hounded into this, even if they're personally uncomfortable with it. I felt the same way about NekNominate, though thankfully this doesn't have the depressing element of one-upmanship that that did.
So yeah, I'm fine with the donating part (obviously) and the selfie part. However I think that pestering and nominating others to do the same leaves a bit of a sour taste in the mouth. Doing that, IMO, makes the whole thing no more sophisticated than those irritating memes that go: 'Like if you think cancer is evil. Ignore if you think cancer is SUPER COOL!!'”
“Most of my female friends on Facebook have now either been nominated for or have actually done the 'no make-up selfie' thing. I've got mixed feelings about it personally.
On the one hand, it's great that it's earned £2 million and counting for Cancer Research UK in a matter of days. It's a valuable charity that does a lot of great work. And I also don't particularly mind the selfies themselves. After all, it's nice for people to get compliments from their friends, isn't it?
However, there does seem to be a sort of tacit guilt-tripping/peer-pressuring motive behind it. I'm uncomfortable with the whole 'nominating' thing, in that respect. I think if people want to do it, they should do it of their own volition. Instead, what's happening is that people do their own selfie and tag in a few of their friends and demand that all of them do one of their own in the space of 24 hours. Well what if they don't want to? Or what if they're a bit strapped for cash this month and so can't donate?
Like others in this thread, I've seen girls who've refused to upload a picture of themselves receive a fair few harsh and negative comments. They've been told to 'man up' and to just get on with it 'cos it's for charity.' I know that part of what charities do is pester power (though I know Cancer Research UK wasn't behind this originally, though they have got behind it now). But I just find it concerning that people are being somewhat hounded into this, even if they're personally uncomfortable with it. I felt the same way about NekNominate, though thankfully this doesn't have the depressing element of one-upmanship that that did.
So yeah, I'm fine with the donating part (obviously) and the selfie part. However I think that pestering and nominating others to do the same leaves a bit of a sour taste in the mouth. Doing that, IMO, makes the whole thing no more sophisticated than those irritating memes that go: 'Like if you think cancer is evil. Ignore if you think cancer is SUPER COOL!!'”
You have hit the nail on the head there! This is what I feel about it all to. I've already posted on here about this but your post is what I wanted to say but didn't.
I think the campaigns a good idea, and the fact the money being raised is still growing in donations is brilliant! However nobody should feel pressured into doing it and made to feel bad about it, I am not doing it but that doesn't mean I'm against it or I don't care!
Hopefully more campaigns for other types of cancers can be this successful in the future ,but in a different style that's relevant to what the point is. Like this one is because the length of time it takes someone to put on makeup ,they could have checked their breasts.
Just because you have been tagged doesn't mean you have to do it. I was tagged and I didn't explain why i'm not doing it or offer any apologies. I have a monthly direct debit to a charity of my choice and can't afford to donate any more than I do. I'm sure not going to make a song and dance out of the fact I make a £3 donation even if I did do a selfie. I'm just not doing it because it's stupid.
Statuses moaning about the selfies..
Its raised over a million quid! which shows that people were taking pics AND donating! dont understand how that never gets through to some people! they seem to like to believe their own shite.
+1 on the "Looool" thing! someone on my page seems to always say that and I often think does she really think what she is saying is funny? "Just got in the bath loooool"
Its raised over a million quid! which shows that people were taking pics AND donating! dont understand how that never gets through to some people! they seem to like to believe their own shite.
+1 on the "Looool" thing! someone on my page seems to always say that and I often think does she really think what she is saying is funny? "Just got in the bath loooool"
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