We came across this interesting article in the Huffington Post about the suicide prevention measures different social media sites have in place, and how Snapchat should catch up, and we thought it was worth sharing here to raise awareness of these features and this conversation in the tech community. Please read this excerpt, then click the link provided for the full article.
Facebook on Tuesday debuted expanded self-harm reporting tools on every version of its service. Anyone who sees a post that signals a friend may be having trouble can now go through a series of steps to report that content as “suicidal.” The social network will suggest you reach out to the person. And the individual who posted that content will then receive resources from the Facebook team to help them get help. Twitter has similar features.
Facebook’s move is laudable, given its status as the single largest social network in the world. But recent reports indicate that Facebook has ceded some ground to Snapchat, where users apparently share more “personal” stories. But those personal stories come with no clear self-harm reporting tools.