I'm glad there's finally a name for this; it has been annoying me for years. "See me caring? Aren't I good?"
My FB wall is filled with friends doing the "My prayers are with the people of Houston!" which is virtue-signaling at its finest. Those people don't need your social media attention whoring, they need supplies.
https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey
There. Now you can put your money where your mouth is. Instead of telling all your social media friends how good you are and how much you care, you can actually help those people.
My FB wall is filled with friends doing the "My prayers are with the people of Houston!" which is virtue-signaling at its finest. Those people don't need your social media attention whoring, they need supplies.
https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey
There. Now you can put your money where your mouth is. Instead of telling all your social media friends how good you are and how much you care, you can actually help those people.