"KONY 2012"

See: growing backlash from people sick of seeing this all over social networks/forum sites.

Just doesn't feel good to have that as well as being hated on for bandwagoning on top of that slap in the face. I'd certainly love to know more about the other side of the issue so its less following the crowd and more about knowledge . that blog post was a good start. I might post it on another forum i frequent.

Seanny, you're the kind of person just finding out about this issue that I respect and appreciate, the kind who, like you said, wants to educate themselves on the issue and make competent, conscientious decisions about their part in spreading the word and taking action.

Honestly what bothers me the most about this whole issue isn't actually that it's becoming a fad (though, again, it's disappointing to know society only operates in cohesive, joint movements such as these when the subject has become a fad), because, like [MENTION=2088]Flonne[/MENTION] said "And yeah, people have known about this for years, but without something like this, apathy will overcome any motivation. At the end of the day, who cares what some spoiled kids hopping on a bandwagon think, as long as it gets the job done."

Obama became a fad in 2008, which is why he so overwhelmingly won the election. I believe he still would have won without being a fad, but not to the degree he did, and ultimately I'm not complaining because I wanted him to win for educated, competent reasons. Similarly, "being green" has become a fad in the last half-decade, something I again won't complain about because it's the right thing to care about (even if not for the right reasons, ex. I want to save the planet v. I want to look cool in this recycling-sign shirt where half the proceeds went to Al Gore [though like I said before, even with "being green" a current trend, it overall does jack pomegranate to actually solve the issue of climate change, but that's a subject for another thread, and the relevance of this point is that at least people are aware and thinking about the issue]).

No, what bothers me the most are the self-righteous people who use this horror to improve their self-image. This harkens back to what MasPan said about it blowing up on social media: you can clearly tell who actually cares and is posting the video with 100% intentions of spreading the word (usually based on the person's background in social work, such as one of my friends who first posted the video and has worked to end human rights violations in Africa), versus people resharing it because it's "getting big" (such as people who post it with the comments "This is blowing up right now. Take 30 min and watch this video, it will change your life. TOGETHER, we can CHANGE THE WORLD."). You're clearly not trying to change the world because you now all of a sudden give a pomegranate about something because your 10 besties do, and you want to seem cultured and caring.