F*%€ing Facebook, wwyd

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"Natalie is fighting against an aggressive metastatic breast cancer. Click like to wish her good luck guys"
One of my friends has "liked" this and it shows up on my newsfeed. F F S ! Like a fucking click is going to make a fucking difference. She "likes" posts like this frequently. I've recently lost my Mum, my Aunt and my Gran to metastatic breast cancer. She knows this. Anyone else think my "friend" is being completely thoughtless, or should I just hide all notifications from her? Would you broach it with her?

Aussiemum78 has raised a really good point here. Her DP was having chemo and many FB friends did not contact her to offer support, but Liked one of these cancer posts as it makes them look like goody goodies on their FB page.

I have bipolar and although I have had nearly 5 years stable, in the past I have been very ill and had 4 admissions, 2 under a Section of the MHA. My sister, a practicing GP, laughs and jokes about her poor unfortunate sister and once even told me to fuck off and kill yourself. However her FB and Twitter are crammed full of these "Like if you want to end the stigma of mental illness".

It all depends how you look at things doesn't it.

Not cancer, but when my DH was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis it made me feel just that tiny bit better to see support in whatever form via Facebook. It was literally the shittest time of our lives at that point and I appreciated that not everyone is comfortable talking about it but showed their support in other ways.

'Natalie' doesn't exist.

This is called 'Like Farming' and makes large sums of money for the page involved eventually as it's then sold.
Rather that confronting your friend you should educate her on why liking things on Facebook is really just helping people make money.

Like Farming

You are making her posts about you when it's nothing to with you, but how she feels.
You dislike these types of posts.
She chooses to 'like' these posts.
No one is right or wrong. Hide /unfollow her that's all.

I was about to post the same link as SistersOfPercy -

it's likely that the "like" is not only not doing any good but actively supporting scammy spammy sorts of people who are trying to make money.

I'm very sorry for your losses and I get that it's a sensitive subject to you but I don't think it's many with malice. I've lost 3 babies to MC and have 'unfollowed' a friend with a child who is around the age of one of mine. She posts around 3 times a day about him which is her right. I just don't want to see it.

I agree with aussiemum78 and raltheraffe. So many people "like" posts on facebook and smile to themselves but considerably less people actually offer practical help. My son has a lot of health issues and is frequently in and out of hospital. He'd rather someone came with us to hospital and helped than a thousand likes, head tilts etc.

The thing about Facebook is when somebody posts a status sometimes clicking like is just showing support for what somebody's posted , my child has a rare disorder so i am on several face book groups because of this I sometimes think the like button is a bit innapropriate but i press it to support what fellow parents say.

Thank you! Getting towards the end of treatment and feeling positive!

I effing hate the 'click like if you hate this' etc

Stop taking Facebook, and what people say or do on it, seriously.