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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by hedora on Thursday June 15, 2017 @02:46AM (#14558394)
Why not post something to your timeline or update your status? Presumably that would have worked just as well.

(Honest question; I don't use FB, and this feature seems about as useful as being woken up by a 2AM Amber Alert on my cell phone here in the US)

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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by ClassyJacket on Thursday June 15, 2017 @04:23AM (#14558717)
Because "the algorithm" might decide your family don't get to see that update. Facebook is no point chronological, nor does it show everything your friends post. They pick and choose.
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Re:Facebook’s Safety Check is a stress-inducing flip of soci... by mrpopo on Thursday June 15, 2017 @09:17PM (#14565903)
If people don't care about you enough to check your timeline if they think you are endangered, is there a point to letting them know you're safe?

As OP, I lived through a major natural disaster, and I posted that I was safe on my timeline, and most of my friends that were connected with the disaster did.

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