How is posting colors on facebook supposed to help raise breast cancer awareness?

[Mitchell]

i dont get how this helps anything...

[~drєαmєr*]

its the color of women's bras! its not to help its to raise awareness.

jsut start and underwear one.

[Jennifer]

it's to show your support. and just a goofy way to get people to perhaps research breast cancer if they are going to be putting such personal info on facebook for it.

[sonj]

It just gets you thinking about it so hopefully you will remember tonight in the shower to check your breasts

[mandybb65]

I answered.. and its just to help to get others to remember to check their breast.. your suppose to do it each month.. or each week.. not just once a year..

[Shiva]

Simply mentioning the statement: "cancer awareness" helps you remember all you have learned about cancer and hopefully we will be reminded to do the tests as well.

Here is how it might have helped me:
My boyfriend and I were laughing and talking about the colors on Facebook a few hours ago until we remembered two of my relatives that have had breast cancer. Eventually one subject lead to another and we ended up making a plan for me to examin by breasts regularly from now on (I've done it once a year ... which is not good) and decided how he could remind me so I would not forget.