No, what the author is trying to say is that it's up to the individual to assuage fears or confirm problems. We all have those extremely nervous and neurotic f

No, what the author is trying to say is that it's up to the individual to assuage fears or confirm problems. We all have those extremely nervous and neurotic friends who jump to conclusions about things that would have no affect on you whatsoever. I've had people just today ask me if I was ok based on the fact that the UPS shootings occurred in San Francisco and I'm currently in the Bay Area. Now with Facebook able to unilaterally decide that I might have been affected, so they send out a systemwide alert, that confirms or creates everybody's worst fears. If I am affected, I'll reach out when I'm able to. If I'm not affected, why waste cycles calming people down that I didn't alert?