To not get what this has to do with Caroline Flack?!

[Rainbowb]

Have been getting tagged in lots of FB posts with photos of the poster pouting at the camera saying:

The news of Caroline Flack has been so devastating.... 😢

Let's do this for Caroline Flack 💔
#ChallengeAccepted 😍 #24hours
(If I didn't tag you, please don't be offended, I tried to pick people who I thought would take part).
All too often, some women find it easier to criticize each other or themselves instead of building each other up, with all the negativity going around, lets do something positive!!
Because you are beautiful!! 😘
Upload 1 picture of yourself... ONLY you.
Then tag 25 or more gorgeous women to do the same. Build yourself up instead of tearing yourself down ❤️COPY AND PASTE
If I tagged you, don't disappoint me.

How on earth does posting a pic of yourself and desperately fishing for compliments help Caroline Flack or anyone else?! The way people respond to a tragedy by creating another hashtag bandwagon is so appalling!

Wtaf? That's not a healthy way to deal with crap self esteem, even if it wasn't distasteful.

it hasnt even if they were doing it with good thoughts it wont help mental health

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'Don't disappoint me' too. Emotional blackmail to join in the 'fun'.

It’s bloody awful

What a load of bollocks

Agreed. I couldn't believe it when I saw this on my timeline.

I quite agree. It’s a horrible, self indulgent and arguably misogynistic post which has nothing to do with Caroline Flack and is likely to cause more loneliness to vulnerable people. I’ve ignored it on FB.

What a load of bollocks.

I keep misreading "polish each other's crowns" as "polish turds"

Fortunately I'm not popular enough to be tagged by the sheep. But I've seen it on a couple of friend's FBs. Bleh.

It's an awful trend. Hate it. I've been tagged but ignoring it. It's like "Hey I'll tag the fun people". Nice.

Wicked thats really scummy of them ive got no problem with charities but just turning a death in a business opppotunity is low

It’s the usual pouty faced, kitten eared posters doing it too.

Phew im glad someone else thinks this is total crap.

The whole thing is massively cringeful

I changed my Facebook settings so no-one can tag me but I wouldn't give a shit if no-one chose me anyway. I'm confident in myself without anyone's input.

Just ignore it- they’ll move onto suggesting you don’t care about children with cancer if you don’t sit in a bath of beans soon enough. It’s all ‘look at me- I care so much I take selfies’ shite.

I usually ignore this sort of thing and don’t tend to be tagged in many of them anyway. However, if I do end up being tagged in the latest stoopid crown-polishing one (the one where everybody puts their ‘beauty’ setting up to 1billion %) I’m going to point out the irony.

That way I get my point across about all this ridiculous ‘Be Kind’ bollocks AND I’ll probably be unfriended by people who share this type of craparama! Result. 👍🏻

Oh god yes!! Been tagged in a few, promptly hid them from my time line! Was sooo tempted to make a snark about 'instead of fixing each other's crowns, let's start with fixing your grammar' but not very in the spirit of 'being kind' I suppose

Seriously, they make me feel depressed. Absolutely missing the point, hideously self indulgent and not what Caroline Flack would (presumably) have wanted.

Although @alpaca...isn't 'dangerous assault' somewhat misleading when we don't need to know the details? Are you implying we shouldn't have any sympathy with her?

YANBU, it’s total bollocks

Ironically someone who tagged me in one of these (which I ignored) and has also been gushing on social media about how she’s always there for anyone on her friends list all the time completely ignored me in Tesco yesterday

I found it all distasteful, some people on my fb also added a frame to their profile pic 🙄. The post thing was a stupid thing anyway, basically if you aren’t tagged you don’t have any friends and you aren’t fun is the undertone (I wasn’t tagged 🤔), so not great if you are in a bad place. I just think it’s all just an excuse to post a really nice selfie and say “hey look at me”.

If you really want to do something, maybe message someone you haven’t heard from in a while or think might be struggling with things (male or female). Far more effective than a pretty picture of yourself.

@ColourMeExhausted no I am not implying that she should not have sympathy at all. Suicide is dreadful. Forgetting, or rather ignoring, that she was about to go on trial for assault however is stupid and perpetuates the myths that only men are violent to partners and that domestic violence is a crime that should not be swept under the carpet because of her personal feelings. Whilst trial by media should be outlawed, she did hurt someone and it should not just be whitewashed from the record because she killed herself and had mental health issues. You can’t allow someone to abdicate responsibility for their actions just because of a mental health problem.

I heard an episode of hidden brain about political activism and how for lots of people it's essentially a hobby, much like following sports. Most people who engage in this way tend to do so to meet their own emotional needs rather than a genuine attempt to aquire power and change the status quo. I feel that this fb tagging nonsense falls into that category.

I agree it’s shit. It’s also not very kind. (Don’t take offence if you’re not tagged, just tagging those I thought would be fun - ie you’re not)

had this myself the other day i ignored it ,

Load of ol’ bollocks.

Seen them, not been tagged in by any of my "friends"

This nonsense has given me the push I needed to dispense with a large number of my FB friends. Real friends are kind, supportive, actually ask how you're doing, not just posting shit to make themselves look/feel good. Suicide Awareness? FFS, anyone who is that distressed is not getting comfort from your please can two of my friends post..... Bollocks.

Sorry MNers, rant over