[frereubu]

Oh. I thought that was a light mode / dark mode button... Unlikely on a retail site I guess, but discoverability feels pretty bad. It's not like you couldn't just write "suffering from domestic abuse?" on there because the person doesn't have to click it in situations where that would be risky, and could come back later if they spot it at the wrong time.

[thecatspaw]

I think the idea is that you can tell people "hey, if you're suffering from abuse, you can check a websites footer for this icon to get help"

[GenerocUsername]

This has probably helped so many people.... In the imaginations of other people

[DiggyJohnson]

Are there any statistics, or frankly any reason, to expect this to have helped anybody?

I'm not trying to be dismissive, but I genuinely can't imagine this helping anyone. I am completely open to being wrong though.

[everforward]

I don’t know if you’re a kiwi but I assume that what it does is more common knowledge there.

I do think there is real value in being able to report domestic abuse without leaving an obvious paper trail. Call logs can be accessed by the account owner, I imagine a lot of people don’t know how to clear their history or aren’t confident enough they can do it correctly, etc.

It’s some small amount of peace of mind for victims who file reports, and with a cost of “adding a fake social link and a devs salary for a month” I’m pretty okay with it even if it literally only helps a single person. Bandwidth well spent.