An interesting idea
Aug. 18th, 2004 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemfyrePlease post your full name, date of birth, full address, and telephone number (plus cell phone number, if you have one) to your journal, as the first chronological entry (backdated) in your journal, with Private security, and leave a note in your userinfo indicating that you've done so. The life you save may be your own. In the event of an emergency, LiveJournal administrators can view this information -- and please believe that it is only used in the event of an absolute emergency. But you'd be surprised how many of those there are on a service with four million users. And in an emergency situation, every second counts.
Yes, the Abuse team occasionally hears of users who plan to commit suicide, but there are other situations where having this information could possibly be of use to the police. There have been, for instance, phone posts that were interrupted by physical violence before, and other such situations. The Abuse team often gets reports of these things, and oftentimes, there is nothing we can do to help, because we can't find you.
Please take a moment of your time and make this post. Your privacy will never be violated except in absolute need, and though we hope it will never be necessary, it could prove to be very necessary indeed.
Yes, the Abuse team occasionally hears of users who plan to commit suicide, but there are other situations where having this information could possibly be of use to the police. There have been, for instance, phone posts that were interrupted by physical violence before, and other such situations. The Abuse team often gets reports of these things, and oftentimes, there is nothing we can do to help, because we can't find you.
Please take a moment of your time and make this post. Your privacy will never be violated except in absolute need, and though we hope it will never be necessary, it could prove to be very necessary indeed.
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Date: 2004-08-18 12:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-18 01:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-18 07:14 pm (UTC)Which I got from my friend here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/coffeechica/521302.html
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Date: 2004-08-18 03:47 pm (UTC)-§parky
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Date: 2004-08-18 07:09 pm (UTC)I trust this girl, and she works in Support, so check out what she says.
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Date: 2004-08-18 04:31 pm (UTC)Maybe LJ has seen a few too many people log in suicide notes or other cries for help-- there was just a newspaper article about a college student who killed himself and left his goodbye as an AIM away message.
There have been quite a few lives saved and other crises averted because of people on the 'net; we can all think of half a dozen right now.
Identity theft? Definitely a possibility, as is harrassment due to the fact that it's contact information (phone and address as opposed to SS# or bank information.)
I'm not going to post my contact info; I'm not suggesting that anyone else should either. I'm just saying that we pour a lot of ourselves into these computers that no one else knows, and if this is a real LJ-sponsored movement (which seems doubtful since it's not on the main page) it's not that far-fetched.
However, since it's probably not something started by LJ, maybe we should contact them about possible scamminess.
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Date: 2004-08-18 07:09 pm (UTC)I trust this girl, and she works in Support, so check out what she says.
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Date: 2004-08-18 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-18 07:19 pm (UTC)*scratches head* Hmm, I'm still not sure yet how official this is though...
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Date: 2004-08-18 07:22 pm (UTC)hmmm
Date: 2004-08-19 02:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-19 02:03 pm (UTC)