Facebook Launches Suicide-Prevention Effort

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

[RazorSharp]

Why is it a good thing? If people want to commit suicide, then we should let them rather than try and talk them out of it.

If suicide has ever crossed your mind then I wholeheartedly encourage you to go through with it. You're not special, you're not unique, you're not important; and if you require someone lying to you saying that you are to motivate you to keep living then just blow you fucking brains out already. I've known hobos who have nothing to live for but they keep living anyway because they appreciate life. If some prick has such a low appreciation for life that they want to off themselves, then that's probably what's best for them and everyone else.

And yes, I've known people who have committed suicide. Known people who attempted and later regretted it. That doesn't change anything (I know someone is going to give me some cry-baby reply about how their loved one committed suicide before I get modded down to -1 for pissing all over the stupid ass 'life-is precious' values so many cling to). To paraphrase George Carlin: I've got too much shit to do to commit suicide.