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“Alicia Keys Boycotts Facebook & Twitter”

The ReadyWriter

For a greater good!

Celebrities have joined a new campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice on behalf of Alicia Keys’ charity, Keep a Child Alive.

The entertainers plan to sign off of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday, which is World AIDS Day. The participants will sign back on when the charity raises $1 million.

“It’s really important and super-cool to use mediums that we naturally are on,” Keys said in a phone interview from New York last week.

For the campaign – which also includes Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Seacrest, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Elijah Wood, Serena Williams, Janelle Monae and Keys’ husband, Swizz Beatz – celebrities have filmed “last tweet and testament” videos and will appear in ads showing them lying in coffins to represent what the campaign calls their digital deaths.

“It’s so important to shock you to the point of waking up,” Keys said. “It’s not that people don’t care or it’s not that people don’t want to do something, it’s that they never thought of it quite like that.”

Keys who has 2.6 million followers on twitter said, the foundation, which began in 2003, will accept donations through text messages and bar-code technology, which is featured in the charity’s Buy Life campaign and will raise efforts to support families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.

Of course media whore, Kootie/Kim Kardasian (pictured below) is the first to leak her ad for the cause.

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125 thoughts on ““Alicia Keys Boycotts Facebook & Twitter””

  2. This isnt about AK or KK etc…This is about WAKING people up about how HIV/AIDS affects our people at alarming rates. Open your eyes people & be safe!!!

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    2. I think that all of Alicia Keys are great. She is not a home wrecker! Stop looking at the negatives in her personal life and instead see the bigger picture.

      Besides her having a busy schedule and a kid she’s trying to get the celebs to raise money to help with something that can be treated if funded could save millions of lives. She also said that they can turn back on their social sites once they reach 1 mill she never said that they were going to stop at 1 mill.

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      1. Wow @Adriane.
        Your puzzy will begin leapin out ur panties in a few years…. snatchin up victims and chit. I promise you.

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  8. If Kim logs off of twitter and facebook that means we will see more and more of her on the blogs doing randon shit. She got to get her name and her “brands” out some how. Mark my words…

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    1. That’s what I’m saying @Ace.
      This isn’t some random publicity stunt, this is a campaign to save lives of people who will literally die without the work Keep A Child Alive does.

      People are debating about whether this is a good campaign idea, but while we’re here analyzing it and critiquing those who chose to participate, KCA is fighting to literally keep people and their children alive. We need see the bigger picture.

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    2. That’s what I’m saying. This isn’t some random publicity stunt, this is a campaign to save lives of people who will literally die without the work Keep A Child Alive does.

      People are debating about whether this is a good campaign idea, but while we’re here analyzing it and critiquing those who chose to participate, KCA is fighting to literally keep people and their children alive. We need see the bigger picture.

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  10. celebs really should focuse more on doing good deeds to those of us who keeps them rich. im certain the revenue generated from africa & india are less than 1% of their wealth. HELP THOSE WHO HELP YOU!

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  11. Kim K needs to be ashamed of herself. She is ALWAYS leaking shit!

    A.Keys is doing great work with AIDS/HIV charity & i think it is a great idea. Good for her!

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    1. Im sure Lady Gaga’s fans are going to go nuts & raise the majority of the money. Gaga LOVES the gays

      I agree @Lisa., Kim K= Attention Whore. As soon as she photo-shops her pics, she posts them on the web.

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  13. Why bribe fans to donate to charity? “Participants will sign back on when charity raises one million dollars.” Everyone knows what AIDS can do. If people want to donate, fine. If not, fine. Y’all are rich and contracting all kinds of diseases “on the low”

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  14. No disrespect to the charity itself, but damn everybody on that list can stay off of twitter IMO. All of them get on my nerves and can shut da hell up! I don’t follow none of them!

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  15. How vain is this? I understand it’s for a good cause but donating (paying) celebs making millions of dollars a year to get back on twitter? Really? That’s where we’ve gotten to as a society?

    How bout you donate 10% of your salary and keep yacking away on twitter?

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  16. These people already give to charity, they are trying to get their FANS and FOLLOWERS (Keyword) to donate. If you are not a fan or a follower then keep your ignorant azz moving. You people are so ignorant that you do not take time to pay attention. These people have 3,4,5 and 7 million followers, this is who they are reaching out to. God if some of you people would get out of the hood and understand how the world really works, life would be so much easier for you. If its not about your welfare check, you could care less. SMDH

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  17. “Celebs will sign back on when $1mil is raised”. I don’t like that. Why can’t the celebs donate their $? They have MORE than enough. Meanwhile you’ve
    got unemployment rates at nearly 10% and average folks struggling to make it on a daily basis yet ur gonna hold the fans hostage till $1mil is raised? I realize its 4 a good cause but it seems backwards to me. F ya’ll and your twitter, FB & myspace accounts.

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  18. I find twitter as pointless as Kim Kardashian.. but hey i hope it works out how many artists are doing things to actually help those in need ..no many!

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  19. The campaign doesn’t make since, It’s a great idea. But why are celebrities laying in caskets it’s not a death if your going to log back on when you reach the million dollar sign.

    Dumb azzes!

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    1. Starr I co-sign.,
      And I respect what Alicia Keys is doing and all.. I’m all for giving back no problem.. But to tell ur followers ur not gonna come back on Twitter unless u reach one million dollars just sounds dumb.

      How bout u tell ur followers your gonna get back on Twitter unless u put the gun down… How bout u start with USA and get jay z drake Lil Wayne lebron James all the rest of these so called famous ppl to go in these hoods since they hood and from the hood quote on quote & tha ppl from hood respect em. How bout they go there try to be these kids mentors so they can have sumthing to look fwd to in life now that’s call saving a life.

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    2. It clearly states why they are in the coffins.@Starr.,
      This is one charity that AK co founded 40 percent of her earnings go to this charity. The fans pay 100 for concert tickets and 15 for cd’s I think that they will be willing to pay 10 dollars for a cause that is supported by their artist or tv personality. I think that you guys are totally missing the point. – bet you that on your lowest day in the hood, those kids in Africa would give their anything to be in your position.

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  20. Wow this is a new level of stupidity. A gesture to raise money to stop death and despair and this is the response? No wonder our nation is in the condition that it is in. I can’t imagine that this is the generation that will be in charge of the country someday. God help us all. People stop wondering why your life and the life of your families are so miserable, stop wondering why you cannot crawl out of the holes you are in, stop wondering why shit seems like it never goes right for you. This is why!! Look at your comments and your thought process. This is why nothing will ever go right for you and yours. Its a damn shame!! At least these folks are making a difference. What are you doing. It does not have to involve money, it could simply be your time and effort, how many of you are lifting a finger to help someone? Yet you bash those who are. Wow!! And you think that your life will be free from drama?

    Not!!!!

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  22. with all the loot raised for causes such as this should we not be closer to a cure or some shit?!? and why is Haiti still in shambles after all the $$$ raised for that tragedy? theses celebs are worse than preachers…

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    1. How about we donate to another charity altogether., so that they never get the million and stay off forever?

      Funny that they think they are THAT important thart we want to hear from them sooo much that we will donate, puhleeeze are you people that stupid?

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  25. I don’t get Kims pic in the casket., it doesn’t scream “I’m dead in a casket” for a cause…..it screams “come fuck me”….lol

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  27. Wow!! The state of our future as a country. That something so simple and innovative could A: go over so many peoples head and B: bring out such hatred. Wow!!

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  28. Alicia Keys idea is dumb at it’s best why should we donate at all when everytime we do these people barely see a dime of it. When you got people like wyclef jean using the charity for his personal luxury & ects. & also we donate so much money to lousiana and they barely seen 1/3 of the money & they still need help now.

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    1. “Raised efforts support families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.”

      @Adam, I co-sign and I think this is a great idea but there are people in our own country(USA) dying of AIDS/HIV as well. What about helping them?

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    1. Word! Couldn’t have said it better myself…

      Also, why don’t some of these hollywood-negros/negras donate some of THEIR money! Stay asking the public to cough up shyt! What’s in YOUR wallet, dude?

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    2. uh I agree brow,
      not that us reg folk cant donate, but those people names combined can dig in their petty cash and raise 1 mill….furthermore all those people named are boring on twitter…

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  31. What is with this state of our country crap because people got different views on a gossip website. The reason why people prolly have some many bad reactions to this is because the person who face is on the campaign. Alicia Keys Aka the home wrecking ho & Kim Kardashian aka The Ho. The Future is not Gona be messed cause people comments the future gonna be messed up if you don’t vote the right ppl in office And if kids will stop having single family life. So Stop! & of course I’m about to get a self righteous person who says well this is for charity people need to put that aside for the better good. Look, that’s all good & all but that’s like saying Tiger Woods should of kept his endorsement deals even tho he tarnish his image u can’t put a dirty face on a clean product it will never do well even if it’s for good! So Good Try Alicia but try donate-ing your own money. And not a percentage. Who ever don’t like my comment can kiss my black azz!

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  32. That’s a very intelligent idea for this generation of social networkers..I hope they raise enough money I think she should of set a higher goal since all celebs involved have more than 10million followers..But its def. a great idea!

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  34. We would not have this problem,if we were not trying to create artificial viruses to target specific races, for the purpose of genocide, we all have common DNA sequencing, we all come from one source.

    Here’s a thought, “why not find a way to operate society without money for the purpose of true life for all”,putting intelligent minds to work this plan out across the globe. Oh wait; we all hate each other, my bad.

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  36. I texted Yelle and all the other key words that added $5 to my sprint bill. Same with Katrina. Now tell me again why I should I give my money to these ppl because clearly my heart still aches for Katrina victims who are STILL displaced.

    Some celebrities jump on the next big charity to help their image. When I give my money to the homeless veteran on the corner or buy a meal for a homeless person. Those are everyday acts and they give me so much more pleasure then a celebrities fake a*s*s thank you for helping their image.

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    1. It’s an awesome thing that you give to those very worthy causes, and of course it’s completely up to you to decide which charities impact you and move you to donate.

      However, KCA is not about “repairing image”. Alicia Keys co-founded this organization in 2002, when she only had one album to her name and barely even had an “image”. If you watch any of her interviews, dating back to that time, you will see that this is something that she is sincerely dedicated to, and has been since way before many people even knew who she was.

      The same way you are moved by Katrina victims, is the same way she was moved when she first visited Africa and saw so many people suffering, especially children who had lost their parents to AIDS and were now battling it themselves. She has stated that she was heartbroken because they all seemed to think that she had come bearing some type of solution, and that was what moved her to dedicate her life to this cause.

      KCA’s hope is that one day a cure for AIDS will be found and that until then, people are provided with what they need to LIVE with the disease.

      Sorry for the long speech, but I really feel it’s important that people see this mission clearly, and not have their view be clouded by irrelevant issues. This is about way more than Alicia Keys, Kim Kardashian, or any other celeb involved.

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    4. @ man, no she’s doing this to see how many people will actually care that she’s off twitter. its a publicity stunt encased in an actual cause. she ain’t fooling me.

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    5. I know @Mrs… but if Kim is calling for something to be done than the least I can do is aid that beautiful angel!

      LET’S ALL DONATE AND GET KIM BACK ON TWITTER!

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      1. “Alicia, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Usher have also made the pledge…”

        SO WHAT YALL GOT TO SAY BOUT DEM WHILE YALL HATING ON BEAUTIFUL KIM!

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      1. @CorporateBitch:

        Thanksgiving was pretty good. Got some relaxation and chit.
        My sports weekend was mixed

        -Southern University lost the Bayou Classic
        -Peyton Manning lost
        -Kobe Bryant lost
        -The Hornets lost
        -Carmello Anthony got hurt
        -The Phoenix Suns lost

        BUT, I take all of that if it means LSU LOSES!

        🙂 FUCK LSU! FUCK LES MILES!!

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    9. I ain’t goin lie. I didn’t expect yall to be so jealous of this beautiful lady and what she does with her twitter account.

      A lil disappointed in yall.

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  47. Sorry that doesn’t make me want to donate. LOL if it kept her off my computer and tv screen I would drop some cash. I am so sick of her..SORRY

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    3. I wonder how much her fake azz donated. This chic is absolutely worthless. If it’ll keep her off this computer and off my Tv i’ll donate my first born….sick of this ran thru hoe bag!!!!

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  49. Technically, since most of her is non-organic now anyway, can she actually be considered “alive” anymore?

    This is like announcing The Scarecrow or the Tin Man is “dead”, isn’t it?

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  56. I like KimK but lets be real

    Damon Thomas
    Nick Lachey
    Nick Cannon
    Miles Austin
    Reggie Bush
    Ray-J
    Game ( I’m not 100% on this one)
    Marques Houston

    Feel free to add anyone I missed to this list, it’s hard to keep track
    These are all mostly confirmed guys she’s admitted to being with, I won’t even get into the guys she’s been rumored to have been with. I don’t think her or CMilli are whores, but when comparing the two Kim K has C Milli beat by a looong shot when it comes to sex partners.

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