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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by naasking on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:33PM (#14557746)
Actual empirical studies that show they DON'T get any value from it, and that it actually makes people more miserable on the whole?
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by dzjkb on Thursday June 15, 2017 @01:36AM (#14558129)
I don't think people care about "empirical studies" telling them something contrary to their own experience.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by naasking on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:22AM (#14561218)
Right, because people still believe the sun revolves around the Earth.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by austenallred on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:36PM (#14557761)
Source?
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by naasking on Thursday June 15, 2017 @11:26AM (#14561259)
There are dozens of studies, just Google Facebook depression study.

http://www.bbc.com/news/education-38392802

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