Can PostSecret and Facebook Save a Life?

A disturbing post on PostSecret yesterday revealed an illegal immigrant pledging to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge – but 20,000 online voices have responded with hope.

PostSecret, a blog that weekly displays anonymously mailed-in secrets on postcards from across the country, has long been known for revealing suicidal secrets, and has set up a phone hotline in response since the blog began in 2004. Yesterday, a postcard read, “I have lived in San Francisco since I was young … I am illegal … I am not wanted here. I don’t belong anywhere. This summer I plan to jump off the Golden Gate.”

Within 24 hours, nearly 20,000 people had signed up for a Facebook group titled “please don’t jump,” which was later linked beneath the secret on the Post Secret blog, linking in thousands of supportive comments. On the group’s page, sympathetic users posted comments ranging from simply “I want you here” to “If I knew when you’d be at the bridge, I’d drive all the way from Ohio to meet you there, and hold you until you changed your mind.”
While there’s unfortunately no way to know if the card’s writer has seen the overwhelming number of responses on Facebook, one can only hope the community of writers has helped changed at least one person’s mind — perhaps even beyond the person who wrote the card.




http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/06/07/...k-save-a-life/

woah its on the news.

Dream Act information has been posted on the facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gi...8095373&v=info

That's pretty damn beautiful... the number of responses via facebook. Over 10,000 more have joined since I joined at a little over 17,000.

Well if he/she reads the "Reid says no to stand alone dream act bill" then I'm sure he would jump already

Thats how I feel

This.

Pretty sure we can't do sh** at this point.

I wish it was on TV shows instead of print. I wish it would bring the message to people

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...6576414&ref=mf

Tomorrow, over one thousand people are meeting at the bridge. I would go if I was in the area. The group creator said it took her 5 minutes to make the page; now there are over 50,000 members. The support and loving comments are overwhelming.