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Facebook Puts Users On Suicide Watch
Mark Wilson writes A few months ago Twitter was criticized for teaming up with suicide prevention charity Samaritans to automatically monitor for key words and phrases that could indicate that someone was struggling to cope with life. Despite the privacy concerns that surrounded Samaritans Radar, Facebook has decided that it is going to launch a similar program in a bid to prevent suicides. Working with mental health organizations including Forefront, Now Matters Now, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and Save.org, Facebook aims to provide greater help and support for anyone considering suicide or self-harm.
Just yesterday I saw a woman who posted on her Facebook page three times before she jumped. Even if it's not the "usual" case, it still happens.
People who attempt suicide often send out multiple signals, many of which are not detected by anyone until after the fact. If a person is seeking attention then they need attention, otherwise their response might be escalation. The parent comment here needs to be modded down here for now knowing what you are talking about, even if you think you are being well meaning.
I guess that Dice learned nothing from the last Beta roll out. Submissions are gone from the main menu, text is all over the place with clipped characters on the top line and links covering the bottom line, and the buttons are completely broken. Some don't look like buttons at all, just text, others are a solid color with same color text and white borders.
Just as bad, default content is now coming from two known shady operators taboola and oolaya. If you are not running AdBlock and NoScript don't visit Slashdot until that crap is gone.
Just like the last Beta no concern or care for users that have been making Slashdot Slashdot for well over a decade. No notice, no feedback, and obviously the only testing that occurred was some Dev located somewhere in the world "claimed" it worked for them.
Is the goal to chase away the consumers who contribute to make this site what it is?
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
Yes, I think we can all agree the Un-Beta looks like shit.
It's quite... fascinating how a site for nerds can't seem to get the most basic CSS1 right.
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