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> The above comment wasn't an example of that

That isn't just an outright baseless claim, it's wrong by definition. The said person had to go to social media to find a donor, which 100% matches what I descibed, and the fact that some felt this was necessary points to a broken system. It's also terrible to imagine what shady companies can do with targeted ads aimed at vulnerable people who can't find any donors.

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If I needed a kidney and couldn't find a donor through personal connections, I would hope a company with something to offer would ad-target me.

I'm sure your doctor would've told you if there really were other options on the table.

You want government enforced kidney donations?

No we want a system in which pleading to a faceless mob of people on social media is not the solution to needing a kidney transplant.

I mean, we can't make kidneys in a lab, so you probably have to ask someone for theirs if you need one. FB is useful for connecting with people, so naturally people would ask there.

What solutions did you have in mind?

Perhaps better government assistance in finding donors would be nice? It shouldn't have to involve people going directly to social media so they can tell the whole world about their medical condition.

Of course not, and that's not my point. The point is that social media is the last place you'd want to go looking for donors, given a choice.

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