Reddit has teamed up with Crisis Text Line to offer a functionality aimed at fighting suicide, accessible in the United States. The social network and the international organization specializing in SMS assistance to people in distress have developed a prevention tool. Users can thus report the presence on the forum of a user with suicidal tendencies, reports Mashable .
An automatic private message is then immediately sent by Reddit to the user in question. It contains information and help. He also suggests that the recipient activate a chat with a Crisis Text Line advisor specializing in psychological distress.
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"On Reddit, people can create a community based on an infinite number of themes that are dear to them, commented the social network in a statement this Thursday. And as an anonymous platform, we offer people a space where they can express the most vulnerable aspects of their personality. ”
The platform with 430 million monthly users explains that it has set itself three objectives: to provide people in distress with resources and direct contact with a specialist, to reduce the pressure resting on moderators and portal users in the face of the phenomenon and to protect the privacy and anonymity of the "redeemers".
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