'Digital Deaths' of Kim Kardashian and Others Greatly Exaggerated; AIDS Charity Not Raising Money

File this under: When good intentions go bad. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Ryan Seacrest pledged to stay off all social networking sites this week to support Worlds AIDS day, and claimed they wouldn't return until $1 million had been raised for the AIDS charity Keep a Child Alive. Which is a great idea, until you realize that no one actually wants to hear from Kim Kardashian and Ryan Seacrest.

PopEater reports that Keep a Child Alive has only raised $161,000 thus far, "with momentum slipping." That means unless people really start missing the inane self-promotion and grammar-malfeasance that accompany celebrity Twitter accounts, there is a chance we'll never hear from these stars again.

This is great for schadenfreude purposes, of course, but really kinda sad, too. With that in mind, why don't you just go over to Keep a Child Alive and donate a little something. Besides, eventually these stars are going to Tweet anyway -- or, more likely, they'll cave and donate the remaining $839,000 themselves.

· Kim Kardashian's Coffin-Posing Fundraiser Makes Slow Start [PopEater]