#15. The AS IF FACEBOOK WILL CURE CANCER Update

EXAMPLES:

"Dana Stark is the 346,890th person to help eliminate second-hand smoke.”
"Sean Ives wants you to water his Li’l Green Patch.”
"Sammy Pryor is the 89 billionth person to donate their status update to Obama."

Some people give money, some people give time, and some of us give our status updates to help our favorite causes. Not sure how this trend started, and I'm REALLY not sure if it actually accomplishes anything real to donate your update, but at least it tells the world that you're a do-gooder with a pet mission.

It's not my favorite update, though. Facebook is the place for blatant self-absorption, after all, not a venue for exposing injustice or curing cancer. I'd rather know about what GPS you're considering or how many pages you have left on your thesis.

Got a good example? Leave it in the Comments section.