Because social media is so huge and it is the new way to get the message out, to make yourself more famous, and to promote things, it has been made into a huge charity benefit. There is a fundraiser going on which involves celebrities taking themselves off of social media, "dying" and will be brought back to life only with donations. This shows that this social media obsession can turn into something worth while.
Here is something i found on the internet about it...
"Digital Death for Charity is an effort spearheaded by Alicia Key's charity called "Keep A Child Alive". When paerticipating in the Digital Death for Charity, various celebrities stage their death or disappearance from prominent social networking sites including Facebook & Twitter.
Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and dozens of other celebrities have commited to the cause which benefits "Keep A Child Alive". Alicia Keys told us more about the effort:
It's really important and super-cool to use mediums that we naturally are on.
It's so important to shock you to the point of waking up. It's not that people don't care or it's not that people don't want to do something, it's that they never thought of it quite like that. This is such a direct and instantly emotional way and little sarcastic, you know, of a way to get people to pay attention.
The Digital Death for Charity will continue until the celebrities involved can raise $1 million for World AIDS Day."
Read more: http://www.thirdage.com/news/digital-death-charity-details-hollywoods-heroes_12-1-2010#ixzz17NmRHrrA
I think more celebrities should be making money for charities this way! It's easy and both parties benefit. Celebrities get more publicity, and charities gain financial support for a good cause. It just shows how much power celebrities hold in our society, and how easy it is for people to follow them.
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