Does the news/media ruin good deeds?

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So had a conversation with my coworker today. About a week ago, 3 kids in a neighboring city found a wallet with $700 in it and returned it to the owner. The story went viral and of course the kids got a lot of praise. Now, the local news is doing interviews with them and people have sent them gifts and what not. My coworker and I were discussing if it’s taking away the “lesson” of doing good deeds, and if it’s teaching people that you’ll get rewarded for doing good stuff when you don’t always. (Assuming karma isn’t a thing.) 
You see a lot of people do stuff like invite a special needs kid to prom, or do something special for someone in the hospital. Do you think when that stuff goes viral we “ruin” the specialness of the act of kindness? Also, do you think people do these types of things to get “famous”?

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Going deeds for the purpose of going viral is so tacky. 
Do it from the kindness of your heart and don’t expect any thing in return.
I’m also looking at you, celebrities.

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I don’t think most people do things to get famous. And no I don’t think sending them gifts and rewards for doing it is ruining it or teaching them to expect it.

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In my culture, we have a saying that goes “give charity with your left hand.” Which basically means give charity in modesty and privacy, and do not publicize yourself. 
I can’t stand when people publicize themselves helping others, it seems fake, and staged just for internet fame 🤢

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I feel this way about people who post about their good deeds on social media trying to get attention. 
This also applies though, I can understand the point you’re making. Those kids did something out of kindness and were praised. Next time they do something kind, would they be praised again? Probably not. It’s gonna be an adjustment for them and anyone who thinks they get praise from good deeds.

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i think it depends. there was a story a while back about a homeless man who gave a women who ran out of gas his last 20 dollars. it blew up and because of the media hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised for the man. some people deserve recognition.

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yeah thats dump that they are geting gifts for doing the right thing. me and my husband found a wallet with $700.(and some change) in it, and gave it to security it had a license in it from a different state so we could not just take it there.

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I don’t feel the need to post any good things I do online. It’s heartwarming to see them I guess, but their not something that needs crazy praise and attention.

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Hopefully it won’t. Before social media, people would publish every little thing like that in the local newspaper, and people still did good deeds.

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Nope, I really appreciate these stories. The news needs more of them. I don't think it ruins the original intent at all. Everyone will learn by a pretty early age that sometimes you get rewarded and sometimes you don't.

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The kids didn’t know this would happen when they returned it. To them it probably wasn’t a big deal they just knew it would have been wrong to take the money so they did what they had seen as the right thing. 
I do think some people do good things for the wrong reasons but I don’t think that media is completely ruining the “good deed” aspect of it. 
I look at this particular situation as a perfect example of karma. They did something good so something good happened to them. (Their karma was just a little more instant lol) 
I’m proud of these kids.

Does the news/media ruin good deeds?

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