to find these types of Facebook posts really offensive?

[80sMum]

I see this sort of thing all the time and what's really surprising is that they are posted and shared by people who should know better. One of my FB friends is a nurse - and she's shared this rubbish today!

Why do people do this? Do they really think that the rest of us (the 97% who don't share) think that cancer is great or that we don't care about our friends and family (or total strangers) who have, or have had, or have died from cancer? It really irritates me!

And another thing! A cancer sufferer is not in a "battle", they are just trying to get the best treatment they can and hoping for a good outcome. To call it a battle implies that if you don't fight hard enough, you lose.

I find these posts appallingly insensitive and terribly childish.

Does anyone else agree, or am I just a grumpy old woman who's BU?

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Even worse are viral photos of children with cancer or a disability saying they just want likes on their photo - how does that help them- how will they feel knowing their image has gone around the world like that

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But I also hate those posts. Completely pointless

@cucaracha

On the fence, sorry.

Some people post that the way they would post a chain letter.
Others because they are in the middle of it, and it's a way to acknowledge or share the issue - nothing wrong with that, people deal with things the best they can.

I very strongly disagree that raising awareness can be a negative. Do you know how many people have no clue what DIPG is for example? Do you know how a pediatric terminal brain tumor has next to no funding? Parents fighting for their kids, when there are no treatment, no facilities adapted for kids must be desperate for something to be done.

If a thing as simple as wearing a grey and gold ribbon could help raise awareness and ultimately funding, then so be it. After all, the ice bucket challenge might have been a media circus, but a lot of money came out of it.

This is quite clearly not the ice bucket challenge or similar it IS a chain letter. It has no affiliation to any cancer charity and neither offers information nor suggests ways to further the profile of a specific cancer or treatment. It is a data phishing scam and uses people’s guilt to spread further. I doubt anyone here has an issue with asking others to share info about the McMillan coffee morning, jeans for genes, naloxone awareness or any other legitimate cause.