Babies with disabilities

Philippines
February 6, 2013 5:52pm CST
I just saw a photo of a baby with disability in Facebook this morning. It says that if you like, share or comment, a charity will be donated to the baby. I just wonder if facebook really give donation to the baby? One thing is that, though I really have sympathy on the babies, I really can't stand to look at the picture so I don't share it for some might feel the same. How about you mylotters, what can say about this thing?Good day
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8 responses
@yugocean (9965)
• India
9 Feb 13
There are some groups who pays for facebook like, but they are business style of like, there is no charity which is going to give for facebook like only. We can like and share if we like it or would like to share with others, but this isn't helping with charity.
• Philippines
11 Feb 13
I think you are right. They are just gettign popularity and this is just for entertainment and not really for charity. However there are still beign fooled by such groups.
• Philippines
19 Feb 13
I agree with you. sharing in facebook will somewhat make the photos as source of entertainment and not to get the symphathy of others.
@yugocean (9965)
• India
15 Feb 13
Such people not really care for disabled people, asking for likes is not really helping somebody. If they really want to help disabled, then they should be doing this in real life, and sharing their activities.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
I've seen pictures of sick kids as well. And that same question has been on my mind. How can they actually help a particular child in that way? Unless they post an address or an account number where everybody could send in their donations.
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
I really have no idea. It was said there that for every share, like or comment facebook will give an amount as donation. How about you, do you follow their instructions?
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
No, I don't. If those were true, we have been notified about it or at least it could have been in the news, don't you think?
• Philippines
8 Feb 13
I guess you are right if these babies realy need support, it might be in the news not only in their country but maybe worldwide. Before I used to hit "like" but when I read about an article regarding etiquette in Facebook. I realized that hitting "like" means you like what happened to him/her.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
Not only with babies, we do see a lot of people's photo being shared in facebook as well and yes although they are poor childrfen or even adults with disabilities who needed help, i think though that it is not only with sharing their photos or gathering comments or likes or shares that would determine them being helped. if there are people who needed help, they should go directly to the organizations who are capable of helping them. honestly, i do not share them, i d not think that we would be able to help them this way, though they can gain popularity so that someone might be able to help them, when you have intentions of really helping these people, i think doing more than sharing them is needed in most cases, like referring them to the right people who can help them, for sure.
• Philippines
11 Feb 13
Yes, facebook is not the same thing as organizations that give help to others. I think they are just getting some popularity issues here. Once this photos became viral, the uploader will get attention of others like media but donating to the one in the picture, I think, does not materialize.
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
18 Feb 13
Yeah i see a lot of them in facebook and even horrible pictures that will really make yoour heart cry out for those persons with those kind of situation. I have to admit, after reading the caption below the picture, i hit SHARE humanitarian as we are, we do as told that if for every share facebook will donate a certain amount, but i get the point too, is there really any evidence that those pictures are true and do they really get the help they are wanting? OR were they just uploaded by merciless people who using it ofr their own gain?I hate people like that and they are plenty in Facebook too. Scammers!
• Philippines
19 Feb 13
Before, I just shared photos but not like them for it seem that you like what happened to them. However, these past few months, I again saw another one and this makes me think that is there really donations given to the one in the photos or they are just making them as entertainment? If there is really donation, good but we need proof. If for entertainment, just like what you said, they are really rude.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
10 Feb 13
First of all, no facebook doesn't donate money to the family of the baby to help them out. This I know for a fact. I'm not sure exactly where I read it at, but was told that facebook doesn't in any way do this and the pictures are a mean cruel fake. I hate seeing those pictures too, because if it is real they are doing nothing more then embarrassing the baby and its family. And what is the point of liking the picture, I wouldn't like it because it is a sad story that is being displayed about the family and the baby. So I never like a picture, I never comment on the pictures like that or I don't even share those pictures, because I don't think that any of my friends either would want to see something as sad like that.
• Philippines
11 Feb 13
I really hate seeing such photos too. It seems that they are making entertainment of the photos and not really helping the one on it. Just like you, some of my FB friendds are keep on sharing such photos without any thinking if this is true of not.
@aqirock (855)
• Malaysia
8 Feb 13
sometimes I'm also saw this kind of pic but I'm also think is it really go to donate to that baby or not? this kind of pic I really hard to share or like because like mean you like that pic seem like you like what happend in taht pic but I'm not and share? ohh maybe not ympathy is about it I can share pis like that but the relly thing i can do is comments to show my concern about it
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
That is also one of my point. If your hit like, i really seems that you like what happened to that baby. Furthermore, sharing such photo seems making this as form of entertainment for others.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
8 Feb 13
To me it's no problem to see a pic like that, also not children or adults in real life. But I am not willing to donate to just someone. There are too much people who abuse these children/people (same like war children) for their own benefit. The biggest part of the money (if it's given at all) will be used for a big income, never for the benefit of the group needing it. If I give it will be personal to someone in need, someone I know he/she will use it in a good way. But also to someone who will not keep on begging because that is the easiest way. The more independent the better it is. I also doubt fb itself will collect money that way.
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
I think we are not giving the money or donation directly. They are saying that facebook will give a specific amount for every share or like in the photo. But I think it is not the real case. They are just making this photos viral. It was just like chain text messages.
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
7 Feb 13
I don't want to sound heartless on this, but I usually hide the newsfeed of babies and any other person who have disabilities and would want you to share and like it so they can be helped. I am sorry but I do not believe that these people can actually receive help by merely liking their picture. I don't even think that they have the time to have a Facebook account. I think if we really want to help out, there are proper ways that help can come their way. Yes, we feel bad for them, but merely liking their pictures isn't going to help. I also feel bad for them because they sort of getting used or taken advantage of so that the page owner of that Facebook gets to have lots of followers or likes.
• Philippines
7 Feb 13
Same here, I don't want to see others that I don't have the heart for them. For me, i just ignore them or scroll the page immediately to get away from the picture because O really feel bad on that issue. Like what you said, instead of helping others, most use this photo as entertainment. I really don't know if this "likes" and "shares" really give something to the one in the photo.