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Comment on Every show with a suicide now has a disclaimer with a suicide hotline at the beginning. Is there any evidence that these warnings make a positive difference?

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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

But do we have evidence they’re effective?

It still takes effort/time/money to do this, and if it has no impact, then that effort/time/money could be used on things that are known to be effective.

I have no idea how much affect they have. It’s possible they have a negative effect.

Op’s question is do we have that information?

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cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How much effort/time/money do you think they put into that white text on black background for 5 seconds?

It’s negligible, I would be shocked if it wasn’t the same recycled card over and over again that they have some unpaid intern throw in at some point in the final editing stages

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- Krono@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s not about the production cost, its about the opportunity cost.
  
  A quick google search tells me a national ad costs $200k-$1m for a 30s slot. That means 5 seconds of screen time costs $30k-$150k.
  
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