Facebook’s Easy Virtue

An article from the Washington Post discusses the easy virtue of clicking and becoming a fan of a cause. The biggest problem with Facebook groups that support a cause is that less than 5% will take any real action- for many, the act of joining becomes a satisfactory form of action. Worse, causes can become like bits of flair, less about actually caring about a cause, and more as pieces that show how culturally aware and politically attuned a person is.

Here’s the full article:Facebook\’s Easy Virtue