Reddit and their Suicide Prevention subpage

If you didn't know, Reddit has a Suicide Prevention sub-Reddit that has over 40,000 subscribers. This means that 40,000 people can see posts, post themselves, and comment or thumbs up/down on existing posts that were published on this specific thread. Here is a link to an article discussed in class today regarding facts and feelings about this page. I never use Reddit so I had no idea this was a thing; let alone a semi-popular thing. To me, this is absolutely ridiculous. There are many more cons than there are pros. The thing I find so wrong is this is just straight up dangerous to mentally unstable people. Other random people who may or may not have the best intentions in what they say or do are allowed to give you a thumbs up or down on your suicidal thought and comment on it using their freedom of speech. I think this is insane that Reddit allows this and there is no way there is more harm than good that comes out of this. If someone decides to give a thumbs down on one of these posts and more people follow to the point where it is noticeable; that is just asking for that person to continue with what they were trying to avoid by posting on the thread. I have a serious problem with this and wish Reddit would make a change.



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