From time to time you may encounter a person who is expressing thoughts of suicide on your social media sites.
What You Can Do
If someone you know online is showing any of these warning signs,
it is important that you post a message encouraging them to call the
Lifeline. If you are friends with the person in real life or know where
the person is, please call
1-800-273-TALK (8255) so that you can talk to a crisis counselor.
- Writing about wanting to die or to kill oneself.
- Writing about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live.
- Writing about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain.
- Writing about being a burden to others.
- Writing about seeking revenge.
You may also contact the safety teams at the social media sites listed below
- Facebook:Click here
to anonymously report someone as suicidal on Facebook. A member of
Facebook’s Safety Team will send the user an e-mail with the Lifeline
number and possibly a link to chat with Lifeline counselor.
- Twitter:Click here
and select “Self-Harm” to send an e-mail to Twitter reporting a
suicidal user. Twitter will send the user a direct message with the
Lifeline number.
- MySpace:Click on the
“Report Abuse” link that appears at the bottom of every MySpace page and
complete the form. MySpace will then send an e-mail to the MySpace user
with the Lifeline number.
- YouTube:To report suicidal
content, click on the flag icon under a video and select “Harmful
Dangerous Acts” and then “Suicide or Self-Injury.” You Tube will then
review the video and may send a message to the user that uploaded the
video with the Lifeline number.
- Tumblr:Click here
to write an e-mail to Tumblr about a suicidal user. Include as much
information as possible including the URL of the Tumblr blog. A member
of Tumblr’s Safety Team will send the user an e-mail with the Lifeline
number.
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