Thursday night Facebook asked me to "check in as safe" during "Criminal activity in Dallas"

[RB TexLa]

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?

[Rex]

1. Facebook jumped the shark.

They want your hard earned money.

[Skittles]

2. it's what happens when people turn their life over to the internet

[Ex Lurker]

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]

4. I'm not famous or important. No cares if I'm safe or not. That's the point.

[Statistical]

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]

6. Exactly n/t

[pintobean]

7. How does facebook work without friends?