Since nearly no one is talking about it...

[zoom-zoom]

I'm not the only one who is seeing drastically less outpouring of support and sorrow directed to the community in WI vs. previous mass shootings. Even 24+ hours later I'm seeing no prayers, poems, or memorial graphics, unlike the days immediately following the CO theater massacre of just 2 weeks ago. The mainstream media is covering this non-stop, but on FB I'm seeing the same emphasis on the Mars Rover and Olympics that that writer is.

[PamNY]

I'm not the only one who is seeing drastically less outpouring of support and sorrow directed to the community in WI vs. previous mass shootings. Even 24+ hours later I'm seeing no prayers, poems, or memorial graphics, unlike the days immediately following the CO theater massacre of just 2 weeks ago. The mainstream media is covering this non-stop, but on FB I'm seeing the same emphasis on the Mars Rover and Olympics that that writer is.

Does Facebook actually provide news? Where would the prayers, poems or memorial graphics come from?

[OakLeaf]

It's a (nonscientific) measure of the importance of the issue among sites and persons that you subscribe to. Sure, some individual or some news outlet creates the graphics to begin with, but then they get shared to a greater or lesser extent ("going viral").

I understand the OP's concerns, but I don't know if there's a general answer - the question is specific to her group of subscriptions and FB friends, and I think she was asking whether the rest of us were seeing the same thing in our groups.

I personally am seeing plenty of attention to Oak Creek in my FB news feed. But I do find it distressing that the Joplin mosque arson is getting so little attention in the so-called MSM - and that this very thread is being used to attempt to spread false rumors about Muslims.

[Crankin]

Thank you.

[Anyabeth]

I haven't posted about this on Facebook because I cannot stand to get into the political, religious and racial issues on this shooting. It doesn't mean that I don't care, I DO, but I also cannot handle knowing which of the wackos on my feed thinks this is ok (political season is when I hide and unfriend with abandon but still it is shocking). I don't think that this is a good barometer of who cares about the event.

[malkin]

I'm not a heavy Facebook user, so I can't speak to that; my media consumption is mostly radio and internet and I've heard and read quite a bit about who Sikhs are, what they believe, how to pronounce the name of their faith, local security, and some touching victim stories that sound quite similar to what I heard after Colorado.

*exercising restraint re. a few other issues that have been raised on this thread*
Think of this as 'biting my tongue!

[Crankin]

I don't post political stuff on FB and I also tried to restrain
myself above. I am sure my views are clear, but I don't even like to talk about them here. This is timely because I have a young friend from grad school who posts lots old political blog stuff on FB. I agree with it 99% of the time, but recently, he had some stuff that was offensive to me as a military mom. I am not conservative at ALL, but don't use offensive terms for military people as a generalization.

[malkin]

I don't mind if others wish to share their views.
It's just best if I can keep my own big mouth shut, because I am rather opinionated, and I have been known to get the teensiest bit carried away, particularly in the use of 'colorful metaphors.'

[beccaB]

I don't mind if others wish to share their views.
It's just best if I can keep my own big mouth shut, because I am rather opinionated, and I have been known to get the teensiest bit carried away, particularly in the use of 'colorful metaphors.'

Me too, and I try to keep my facebook post on topics important to me, but not something as Grave as the subject we're talking about usually. There just isn't really an ability in my tiny little mind, to understand how any person can end the lives of several people just out of hate.

[Aggie_Ama]

I very rarely post anything such as this on FB. I try to keep my FB very non-political/non-religious. Usually about biking, my animals, wine, etc.... My friends who don't tend to annoy me, even the ones I agree with their views. So when CO happened it wasn't in my FB status updates and I knew about this one, was disgusted and horrified but didn't start commenting on FB. I have some VERY opinionated friends on there that I don't want to get started.