Why do people always need evidence they did charity?

[Xvb]

like they take pictures, facebook status.

What happened to doing things because it's right

and should be done out of decent humility,

and not so you can gain social status

[Ungratefulmagic218]

Not everyone needs evidence that they did a charitable act. Some people still do it simply because it's the right thing to do or because they like to help others.

[B-mac]

It's simple, they're attention whores, best stay away from them, they are also known to start major shitstorms.

[auntie.may40]

I've never liked to donate to organizations that publish lists of donors, particularly when they divide them by how much they gave. There's a theater group where we live that has "Angels", "Directors", "Stars", "Supporting Players", and so on. If we give anything to places like these, we do it anonymously.

Becoming known as generous workers or donors to local charities can gain people social status, but it can also label them as patsies for every organization that wants free labor or free money. I get particularly annoyed at churches that dream up cute projects that require lots of volunteer workers.

Some people keep track of their donations of money or valuable items, because they can get a tax deduction for charitable gifts, over a certain amount. However, it's much simpler to take the standard deduction, if possible.

[Tiffany]

There are many people who donate time and money to charity but we don't know about them because they shy away from publicity.

People who post their good deeds on social media sites are attention hogs who like to "toot their own horns." They will not change. They like the attention it brings.

My brother took my father and me out for dinner, and before I could post it on my Facebook page, my sister-in-law beat me to it, telling everyone what a wonderful thing they did for us, like we were charity cases. And so many people had already "liked" it and commented on how terrific she was for doing such a good deed, I felt like I had no choice but to comment and "like" it too, otherwise I felt that I would appear ungrateful.

Before Facebook, my sister-in-law was a frequent writer of letters to the editor of our local newspaper. (They always publish public opinion letters in a special column.) And, even though we read the paper every day, she would always call us to make sure that we had read her letter.

I believe that charity is only true charity when it is anonymous.