"If Facebook feels like the
post indicates distress,
it will contact the person who posted it".
Since this is MY BLOG, MY RANT and MY RIGHT to FREEDOM OF SPEECH.....here are my thoughts based on the details provided in the article in the link above about the suicide prevention mission that Facebook is launching.....
3) I sincerely applaud you Facebook for your good intentions on wanting to prevent suicides and for recognizing that this is a serious issue and that social media could possibly play a role in saving lives. POSSIBLY being the key word here b/c I personally & professionally, and by professionally I mean my legitimate clinical judgement, believe that the majority of folks that are hurting, fighting demons & struggling to make it through another day are doing so in SILENCE, not by posting it all over Facebook!!!
As for support via "friends" on Facebook or otherwise, I'm of the opinion that people should quit fucking being lazy by using Facebook as their main means of comm. Instead, how about being a real friend and actually pick up the phone and call and talk to your buddy to see how they are doing??? Or how about setting up a time to meet a friend in person to see how they are doing??
Don't get me wrong, Facebook & other social media outlets do have their pros, and I have seen where social media has been beneficial in helping others in a variety of ways. HOWEVER, when you are talking about something as personal and as serious as someone's mental health status, it seems to me that you should get off your ass and contact your friend directly vs taking the lazy & easy way out by "reporting the post" as concerning.
On another note & something that I think that is worth folks giving some thought to is how many times have you read something that comes across a social media feed and you interpret it in a way that is different than what the person posting it meant?? Or how many times have you read something across a social media feed and made assumptions/jumped to conclusions???
2) I'm not sure if your good intentions are going to be executed as poorly as stated in this article, or if the article itself should have been written with more information and specifics with how you're going to implement this mission. From what I am reading via this article, you are "all FACE" and that's about it.
Last but not least, the #1 question that I want an answer to is:
1) Who the hell on your staff has the credentials, experience & legit understanding of PTSD and the demons that accompany this internal individual war including how to make the clinical decision of "If Facebook feels like the
post indicates distress, it will contact the person who posted it"?????
Are you fucking kidding me right now???? This absolutely makes my blood boil. Unless....oh wait, did I interpret your post wrong or did I make inaccurate assumptions based on the information that I read in the article????....????
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