Is it normal to hate slacktivism? Especially internet slacktivism

I prefer it a million times to people who don't even care. Signing petitions can work because it creates awareness for a cause, and therefore makes it more likely that other people will do something more proactive. It isn't much, but it isn't nothing and it seems like a silly thing to worked up about. It's annoying when people are arrogant enough to think they're changing the world by signing a petition or raising some awareness, but to be honest I don't see that happen very much at all. Most people who do those things know they aren't worth that much to their cause, but because it doesn't take much effort they think "well, it's better than nothing". And they're right, it is.

There is a downside though, obviously. Sharing a Facebook post won't do a thing; those things are always created by people who invent some sort of sick tragedy (I saw one yesterday about a boy in hospital, beaten by his father, saying the boy'll get 45 cents for every time someone shares the picture) to get publicity for their Facebook page. The difference is that these are *obviously* fake causes, and the boy beaten by his father isn't even real. I don't hate the people who get taken in and share the image believing they're helping but the people who invent those lies in the first place.