Emergency Contact Info Meme: a meme worth spreading

[johno]

I've created a back dated entry (Jan 1 2000), with my contact info, chriso's contact info and close friends' contact info.

I've created a back dated entry (Jan 1 2000) for chriso as well.

And added a banner announcing the ECI post to our userinfo.

JohnO

Please post your full name, date of birth, full address, and telephone number (plus cell phone number, if you have one) to your journal, as the first chronological entry (backdated) in your journal, with Private security, and leave a note in your userinfo indicating that you've done so. The life you save may be your own. In the event of an emergency, LiveJournal administrators can view this information -- and please believe that it is only used in the event of an absolute emergency. But you'd be surprised how many of those there are on a service with four million users. And in an emergency situation, every second counts. Yes, the Abuse team occasionally hears of users who plan to commit suicide, but there are other situations where having this information could possibly be of use to the police. There have been, for instance, phone posts that were interrupted by physical violence before, and other such situations. The Abuse team often gets reports of these things, and oftentimes, there is nothing we can do to help, because we can't find you. Please take a moment of your time and make this post. Your privacy will never be violated except in absolute need, and though we hope it will never be necessary, it could prove to be very necessary indeed. Originally written by rahaeli as a personal plea and does not represent any official position on the part of LiveJournal! You can add this meme to your own journal by going here.

Comments

[knaveofhearts.livejournal.com]

Some of the comment threads in the original post touch on that same issue. I, personally, feel more comfortable with having a geographically diverse cloud of real-life friends having my real-life contact information in case of a real-life emergency -- which could range from suicide to kidnapping to earthquake to getting lost in the woods.

Livejournal is a great way to keep track of what's going on in my life. That doesn't mean it's the best tool (at least for me) for the purposes described in the original post. For those who choose to use it -- I hope the information stays as secure as they assert it will, and I hope it doesn't come back to bite you in the butt. For those who don't -- I hope you do have some alternate method to solve the original problem, as it's a real issue that needs attention.

[johno.livejournal.com]

Ooops, needs to go to the CC crew as well.

I'm just covering my bases.