Safety Check for Brussels

What happens if there is <i>another</i> bomb, after someone has reported as &quot;safe&quot;? Are the &quot;safe&quot; statuses updated somehow, since the state of that person is now unknown?

I grew up in Belgium, and have family and childhood friends there. I was pleasantly surprised when I got random notifications from Facebook this morning as people I am friends with added themselves to the safety check list - it made it easy for me to quickly know who was OK.

&quot;Please login to Facebook to access this Safety Check.&quot;<p>Can anyone tell me what this is about?

Working in japan all the big companies feature systems like this. You get a e-mail and a call by a automated system. Then you have to respond with your status and if you can come to work :)

Facebook is being heavily used by inhabitants in Brussels to communicate right now. I have a friend asking for someone to check on his mother who lives downtown. He can&#x27;t reach her because the phones systems are completely saturated. He found a neighbor able to go and check on her. For me, being able to log on and see that my friends are OK was helpful beyond description.

&quot;Take me in oh tender woman, Take me in, for heaven&#x27;s sake, Take me in oh tender woman,&quot; sighed the vicious snake.<p>This was Reddit&#x27;s advice three days ago: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;M9umIy2g.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;M9umIy2g.png</a>

I&#x27;m really sorry for being a Debbie downer here but I find the lack of such initiatives for Turkish (or similar) blasts in past week appalling. Were the lives of the non-European victims not worth FaceBook&#x2F;HNs attention?<p>Is this selective outrage really suits a rational platform like HackerNews?

Log in required; classy.