FB Organ Donations Idea A Bust

I reported on this rather bizarre happening in May – trying to use Facebook to garner organ donors. Turns out it was quite a bust.

Facebook Organ Donation Scheme Fizzles

As many as 100,000 Facebook users worldwide signed up to be organ donors last May when the social network added a feature that allowed people to link to organ donation registries. But the number of new donors generated by the Facebook announcement trailed off rapidly, according to a recent commentary in the Bioethics Forum, the blog of the Hastings Center Report. more

FB And Organ Donation - Seriously??

There’s nothing particularly problematic with this story in and of itself. However, and you can trust me on this, it won’t be long before the pro-deathers hijack FB for their nihilistic ends.

Facebook encourages organ donation

The organ donation community applauded Facebook's announcement this week that it will allow its 900 million members to share their donor status with friends and family, and to link to state databases where Americans can sign up online to become donors. more