why are people putting hearts as their FB status?

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Two of my friends have done this. I'm ignoring it as it'll be one of those silly "awareness" things surely?

Not as annoying as "I'm going to Las Vegas to be a stripper!" then when you commenyt you get some stupid response about making up your own status based on your birthday and the colour of your pants.

No-one is attacking anyone who is grieving Ana, but if people aren't aware of what the hearts are trying to promote, how are they supposed to be aware of it?

One could argue that heart failure is what gets us all in the end.

A heart could be for kids with heart defects, those with atrial fibrillation, those with a bypass, those waiting for organs...

OK, so we're supposed to make the link between someone posting a random heart on Facebook, and heart disease.

When the FB heart is used to indicate that you "love" something and could have dozens of other meanings, that link is far too tenuous, whatever your personal link with the topic.

Why not just post a link to the BHF site or something?

I've had sepsis and wasn't aware of the campaign 😆 💗

It's facebook, it could stand for just about anything

Oh there you go it's not sepsis anyway

Umm, it's breast cancer (again).

I'd quite like a shit awareness campaign. Many meds have constipation as a side effect

Well the aubergine emoji is a penis apparently so who knows?

I ignore all of those crap messages that I get via FB messenger about putting on hearts or numbers or anything at all.

If you want to raise awareness of something, then share a post from the actual charity, or a just giving post, do something useful instead of posting some crappy heart that nobody understands

The one I had yesterday was saying that today is campaigning against DV, so all women must change their profile picture to a black square so that men can imagine the world without women in it.

Totally stupid and ignored like all the others.

Actually I think it’s quite clever. If you see posts on ‘Cancer Awareness Week’ or whatever most people scroll straight past and don’t even register it. Just a single heart makes people wonder what it could be and they will then search it out (or start threads on mumsnet) making it more memorable.

Well the aubergine emoji is a penis apparently so who knows

If your penis looks like an aubergine, you need a GP, not a facebook status.

So is it sepsis, heart failure or breast cancer?

Or meaningless tripe that makes people feel better for 30 seconds whilst really doing fuck all?

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I suggest everyone posts the little happy poo emoji for shit awareness...

I'm none the wiser I'm afraid?

As asked by Alan is it Sepsis, Breast Cancer or Heart Failure?

Pointless.

It's a most excellent UNawreness campaign, whatever it is.

Could we start an awareness campaign for men whose penis looks like an aubergine?

It certainly is a shit awareness campaign, read the whole thread and there are three opinions on what it's actually trying to raise awareness of.

I hate all this stuff.
The stupid pm,s telling you to put something , but don't tell the men, hate it. Cos men never have loved ones die

Also, if it IS an awareness campaign then what are we being made aware of? Heart failure exists? I knew that. Surely better to raise awareness of the symptoms or ways to prevent it?

Like when people were changing their profile pics to kids' TV characters to "raise awareness of child abuse". Yes, we all know it happens. How about raising awareness of what to do if you think a child is at risk instead?

Ooh it gets me right riled up does this stuff.

So what is the heart supposed to be making people aware of???

@ana18 - you seem to know but haven't explained!

If none knows for sure,then it certainly is a shit campaign.

I never get sent these things. My friend does though and she always posts actual, genuine, helpful information instead - e.g. how to check for lumps, symptoms of sepsis, symptoms of heart failure etc. Much more useful.

Ok I know it for personal reasons so I'm aware of it from that the support given
However I just did google search as it seems to depend where you live in Australia is domestic violence

I just lost a family member to heart failure, and in my area I know the symbol for that and that campaign so to me was obvious

But I now understand the confusion

I've just Googled and the Internet tells me it's for Breast Cancer awareness.

I'm no more aware of Heart Disease or Breast Cancer than I was before .

So actually I think it's a lane campaign rather than shit.

I think any campaign on Facebook is pretty pointless these days, can’t believe anyone actually uses it

Sorry for your loss Ana