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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by afro88 on Thursday June 15, 2017 @01:56AM (#14558203)
Simple solution: have a "ask X if they're safe" button that friends/family can press. If someone presses it, that person gets a push to mark themselves safe. They don't get a push otherwise.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by eatsfoobars on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:18AM (#14558507)
Actually, this button already exists [1].

[1]: https://www.facebook.com/help/516656825135759

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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by donkeyd on Thursday June 15, 2017 @03:19AM (#14558509)
That will have the flip side of family members getting extra worried if not marked safe, because Facebook wasn't checked for example.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by wapz on Thursday June 15, 2017 @04:59AM (#14558831)
I'm guessing most family members are most likely not going to ask the question on facebook instead of just call their loved ones or send a text or email. My personal line of thinking is (maybe check facebook if they're super active to see if they said they're ok). Send a text or email if I'm a little worried. Call if I'm very worried. After a text or call I wouldn't go back and push the ask button on FB.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by Already__Taken on Thursday June 15, 2017 @04:22AM (#14558712)
You always had that though. And you can't automatically answer it for users from device activity because that would violate someone's privacy.
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