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Where’s Zuckerberg’s Facebook organ donor status?

We reported earlier today that Facebook has launched a new feature that encourages more people to become organ donors by letting users share this information via a profile status update. With more people announcing that they are organ donors, peer pressure may get more folks to join the ranks. However, on last check, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has yet to set a good example by adopting this new status. Zuckerberg unveiled the new feature this earlier today on Good Morning America, citing that an average of 18 people die each day due to lack of organ donors. With the social power of Facebook, Zuckerberg hopes that the new feature would add cachet to the organ donor status and in turn encourage more people to do so. It goes without question then that Facebook employees would take the lead in adding the new status to their profiles. Facebook COO Sheryl [...]

How to Become an Organ Donor By Using Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made headlines this week because of his decision to add organ donor status to the popular social network’s profiles. His goal is to encourage more people to sign up as donors and give the gift of life to people who are waiting for transplants. Unfortunately, the organ donor feature can be a little bit hard to find if you don’t know where to look. Here’s how to become an organ donor or show friends that you are already an organ donor using Facebook: Navigate to your Facebook wall. You can do this by clicking on your profile picture. Click the Life Event button above the status update box. A list of possible events appears Select Health & Wellness. Select Organ Donor. A dialog box appears. Enter your state, date and reason for becoming an organ donor if you want to. All of these fields are optional. [...]