Serious Charity Action

Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Swizz Beats, Jennifer Hudson, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Janelle Monae, Ryan Seacrest, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Serena Williams, and Elijah Wood are all planning on participating in a campaign on Wednesday, World AIDS Day, called Keep a Child Alive. The method? Digital Life Sacrifice. That's right. Our beloved celebrities are signing off from Twitter until they collect $1million!
Wait.. I'm kind of confused. Sure, it's a good thing that they're participating in raising funds for charity.. but it seems they'll just become more famous through it (which is very unsurprising. Celebrities have been using excuses like this for centuries to become even more wealthy than they need to be). Advertisements of them lying in coffins to represent their separation, their death, from technology? Seriously?
Sure, you're tying to be nice. I get it. But... something less lame, next time? Oh, poor you, left without your tweets for who knows how long! Desperate fans can assure you, it won't take long at all. What ever will they do if they can't stare at Lady Gaga's page until she tweets? (Sorry, Gaga. :) I just picked a random name.)
I can promise anyone that the world is NOT going to end if they stay off Twitter for a bit. I've never even registered for Twitter. Facebook is enough of a stalker-friendly environment (Which I must admit, I have taken much advantage of). People are already making such a huge deal about it! "ZOMG! They're not going to be on Twitter AT ALL unless we donate $1 million!" Aren't there better ways to call attention to charities? Like actual sacrifices? Shaving heads for breast cancer, for example. Starting a clothing, office supply, or personal hygiene line that donates a percentage of each sale to the charity. It's done all the time. You don't need to stand out to do something. Just DO it!
This also brings up a fine opportunity for me to mention the little gadget I have over here ----->
It doesn't require anything but your time. You can even go onto the site itself and choose your OWN charity to represent. Register, add me as a friend, and start earning points and donating minutes!
Also, if you want to do something more direct, check out http://www.freerice.com/. All you have to do is look at the bolded word, and attempt to select the word that it means from the list below. That's it. It's completely free, and each word you get correct donates 10 grains of rice. I love this one :) I can't tell you my profile info, though. Creepy stalkers ;)
So, what's your opinion? Is their No-Tweet idea really a good one? Does it come across to you as serious, or ridiculous, as it does me? With so many other options out there, you choose to let go of Twitter for a few hours? Pphft.