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		whatshisface on Jan 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For suicide prevention, try raising the minimum wa... You could give the survey to random people, and when somebody dies, you go back and find their most recent survey. That's their exit poll.

DaniFong on Jan 9, 2020 [–]

yeah, that could work if it was wide scale enough.

apparently google and facebook already have some kind of tech that estimates if people are vulnerable to suicidal ideation based on searches ("hey google, how do I kill myself painlessly?" gives the national suicide prevention hotline -- good)

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