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Facebook Launches Suicide-Prevention Effort 159

Posted by timothy
from the d'ya-call-in-sick? dept.
adeelarshad82 writes "Facebook launched an initiative that gives users who have expressed suicidal thoughts the option to connect directly with a crisis counselor via Facebook chat. Facebook doesn't troll the site in search of those who might be suicidal; with 800 million users who generate billions of posts, Facebook's algorithm could easily misinterpret comments. Instead, the new initiative is dependent on people speaking up when they feel a friend might be in danger."
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  • Re:Sounds like a good thing (Score:3, Interesting)

    by ShakaUVM (157947) on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:06PM (#38357632) Homepage Journal

    Is it good? It seems creepy to me.

    You don't want to get flagged because you typed "/wrist" in some game thread.

    Even worse if they log that shit, and it turns up the next time you apply for a job...

  • More like this...good move. (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Tufriast (824996) * on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:12PM (#38357740)
    Honestly, I do not see why a social network has not done this in the past. I had this idea that perhaps Doctors could get help to people on social networks via this means - at least schedule appointments. $0 cost and doctors might be able to get some new patients. Forums are around that do this, but its not like FB. Scope is what they have on the table. As long as the chat messages are secure, I think we could see a lot more philanthropic work hitting social networks. How about donations to the Red Cross or any organization via FB?

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