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This argument is all wrong. 1) Because science has proven time and time again the opposite. Suicide has a contagious component, so reducing access to it reduce
by Arkhaine_kupo 4y ago
This argument is all wrong.
1) Because science has proven time and time again the opposite. Suicide has a contagious component, so reducing access to it reduces overall numbers
2) Because your argument ignores all the cases where people could have been saved by rules like the ones social media implements. Basically if twitter didn't have those rules and you felt less isolated but 1 more person went ahead and did it. You would call that a success because there is no feedback form the victims side but there is from yours and your perceived social conection.
Suicidal people need help, tools, close human connections, and a society that is less alienating. All of those things are achieveable without removing the solutions we introduce to make an AI less prone to give advice on how to off yourself if asked.
- Spivak 4y agoAnother, I think easier, way to see the exact same phenomenon but in a more obviously connected way is eating disorders. Pushing people away from thinspo and the funnels that lead you there has a real effect in not amplifying the anxiety that’s already there to a life threatening degree.