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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThursday night Facebook asked me to "check in as safe" during "Criminal activity in Dallas"
I'm not famous or important. No one cares if I am safe or not.
Is Facebook trying to make everyone feel like they are so special that other people care if they are safe?
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Thursday night Facebook asked me to "check in as safe" during "Criminal activity in Dallas" (Original Post)
RB TexLa
Jul 2016
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Rex
(65,616 posts)1. Facebook jumped the shark.
They want your hard earned money.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)2. it's what happens when people turn their life over to the internet
Ex Lurker
(3,817 posts)3. If you had been at the march, or at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando
someone might appreciate knowing you were okay. It's a way to maintain contact in a chaotic situation. You're not obligated to participate.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)4. I'm not famous or important. No cares if I'm safe or not. That's the point.
Statistical
(19,264 posts)5. Nobody cares? As in a not a single human being on the planet?
Ok well how would facebook know that.
The assumption is someone on the planet would care if you are safe and it is a method to let those people know. You know a friend or spouse or parent who could see the news, know you are there, be worried, and then see you checked in as safe.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)6. Exactly n/t
pintobean
(18,101 posts)7. How does facebook work without friends?