Is anyone else getting sick, and tired of the picture memes circulating Facebook pages? They are as bad as those chain emails we used to receive 10 years ago telling you to forward to all your friends to get great luck, otherwise, certain doom will come your way. These pictures, however, ask you to "like" if you think the picture is heart warming, or if you think the baby is cute.
Most of these images are probably manipulated, or taken out of context. Who started them, and how do we know the story is real? If I do not "like" the picture does this make me a miserable person? I am leary to "like" something if I do not know the source. My friends may have "liked" the image, but it is unlikely that they created it.
I do not really see the point to these images. Are they a part of a fundraising campaign? If so, I do not know how the money is being raised. Are they increasing awareness of something? Usually no names are mentioned. Is the point to see how many likes they can get on their picture? A friend of mine "liked" the facebook page "R.I.P. Morgan Freeman". The man is still alive. In fact, the page even said he is alive, but most people probably didn't go beyound the initial view of the newsfeed.
Please, stop randomly liking all of these images. It makes visiting Facebook visually painful. I need to scroll through all this junk mail before I find out what my friends are actually up to. I realize we are not the clients of Facebook, but the products. Are these images a clever advertizing scheme? Is this why they are so prevalent? Maybe they have paid Facebook premium ad money to show up everywhere. Now, to figure out what they are selling?
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