So far, myself and one of my friends, have gotten the Facebook Safety Check Texts/Notifications regarding the explosion in Pakistan this morning. The text I got did not mention Pakistan. It wanted to know if I was safe, and inside or outside of the explosion area. It scared me. I thought we'd had a blast in Atlanta. Get your shit together, Facebook. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-safety-check-turned-on-after-lahore-explosion-sending-notifications-to-many-people-far-from-a6955476.html
Facebook has a safety check? And how does that work? If I'm safe I gotta send what's his name the owner a message or an ambulance shows up at my cell phone, PC, and tablet location? I'm not paying for that.
I think it was created after the tsunami hit Japan; to help people verify that their family and friends were safe, somewhere.
I looked it up. There appears to be a little box by your picture or something, I just glanced at the example and then ran away. So, if you're safe, you put a check mark in the box by your picture I presume. Good idea, I'm thinking baseball umps could use that thing during a ball game. When someone is "safe" on base they would just put a little check in the box by the guy's picture then he could check his smartphone and if the check wasn't there he'd be "out". Or she. The ump wouldn't even have to be at the game, he (or she) could be safe and secure in his own living room and just watch the replays.Think of all the money baseball would save on hotel fees, and travel vouchers for umpires! Better yet, get rid of the umps and just let the fans vote democratically by having them just check or not check the safe box, run a simple program to tally the results and flash it up on the big screen at the park. I would have a big voice that yelled through the PA system "Yer out"!!! This safe thing has multiple possibilities. There's a bunch of them rolling around in my head...if they solidify I'll let you know.
After spending the day, yesterday, at a softball tournament I really thought someone was playing a ballgame related joke on me.