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IN THE AFTERMATH of the two earthquakes in Nepal, Facebook set up a safety check function to allow users caught up in the tragedy to alert their family and friends to their safety with a quick status update.
If Facebook believes your location to be near the earthquake in Kathmandu, you are prompted to mark yourself as ‘safe’, if applicable. Friends are then notified if you are affected but safe.
Many have commended Facebook for the helpful tool. People can also update on a friend’s behalf if they have heard from them but they personally have no internet access.
Facebook developed the tool after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan as a fast way to let friends and family know they are safe. However, some users have been turning it into a joke, and checking in as safe despite being clearly in Ireland and not Nepal.
Many have called it disrespectful to be so far from the earthquake disaster zone, which claimed the lives of 8,200 people, claiming that the fake check-ins dilute the feature for those it could be genuinely useful to.
But hey, it can be used for something…
Facebook is also calling for donations to the Nepal Earthquake Relief, with over €15 million raised so far.
Originally published on DailyEdge.ie.
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and the majority of them will not take wheelchair jobs, I know from trying to get one several times
Now the hard part, getting them to pick up wheelchair users!
A lot of these are going to be put up for sale shortly after. Free money
@Sickof thisshit: basically, that’s it …the trust of the article seems to be those whinging & bitching they weren’t quick enough on the keyboard…… ‘ early bird + worm’ comes to mind
@Sickof thisshit: Except you can’t sell them.
@Gerard Carey: exactly, they have to be held for 5 years in the case of private ownership, slightly longer for commercial
@Sickof thisshit: nope u can’t sell em.
@Sickof thisshit: no they will not be it’s simply not possible. Sorry to leave facts stand in your way.
Amazing how little understanding or support for the disability community shown by the posters on here.
Actually it is not when I think about it.
Usual Ableist comments from people with not an ounce of empathy!
The question Peadar and the minister for transport minister need to be asking is how are 6 people at present advertising on donedeal that they have (4)251 WAV taxis soon to be here for €375 per week. How did these manage to get numerous grants in others names and then fleece lads who want to be taxi drivers….
Existing taxi drivers with plates are now cashing in on the ridiculous situation created by idiots in NTA and DOT.
They have started to rent their plates out for €6000 per year on donedeal(check if don’t believe me) and are then applying for new WAV license for €175 and this means even more people applying for the WAV grant.
The 6k per year pays for the new car minus grant over 5/6 years
The NTA should abolish the 10 year rule as this is a big strain on drivers to scrap perfectly good cars and have to spend 40k plus replacing them.
@Dave G Doe: I would if I needed a taxi and it was clean. Seen taxis imabroad nearly 20 yo in mint condition
I think you will find very little Irish will get the new licence, that’s why the portal closed after 15 minutes
@pauley870: all the Muhammad’s will have cleaned them up
What about the other vehicle owners they don’t get handouts they have to pay vrt & yat a bit of a joke
@Thomas Brophy: Other taxi drivers?
Grant is open to all taxi drivers. The older drivers are the lucky ones who can avail of the €25k grant for a new electric vehicle. Put a brand new Tesla on the road for €25k after grant and spend €6 a night charging rather than dragging a dirty diesel around and spending €30 a day.
Greed
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