Do you share 'missing people' posts on social media?

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I tend to share ones for children or vulnerable people who have gone missing from the local area or if it's someone I have a connection to but I just get a nagging feeling that a grown adult may be escaping from something and not want to be found, so I don't share those.

What do you think?

I never share them. My dh once went missing for 5 days having begun a psychotic episode. It was a terrible time. I still don't share anything on Facebook because you dont know how it will be used or what that person will do in the future. Facebook is very far from a functional channel for anything.

Only police ones after checking the date. Some could be people who are fleeing family violence.

No because it’s open to abuse. A very old friend went missing some time ago and he was found dead, he took his own life. A year later a fucking dimwit that shares everything shared his missing post...I went mad as it brought it all back!

No, because most of them are children that have already turned up, and the poster hasn't bothered to read the comments to find that out.

No, because most of them are children that have already turned up, and the poster hasn't bothered to read the comments to find that out.

To be fair, when I do share them (which I'm not sure I'll be doing any more!) I always click back to the original link to check whether they've been found, and update whoever's post I've seen it let them know.

**to let then know

I do, but only if it's from a genuine police force page.
That way you know it's legit.

No. The ones I see are always adults and I think it’s bizarre to share those of strangers you know nothing about. As you say- you could be putting them further at risk

Sometimes I share, but I check first to make they haven’t been found, or that it’s not an old post.
There’s one that comes up every now and again, but the poor man was found dead about four years ago. I always message asking the poster to take down their shared post. It must be heartbreaking for his family to see it popping up again.

Couldn’t the ‘official police’ ones be faked? Surely it wouldn’t take much to do that?

Official police ones are normally on their website so not that easy to fake.

Only if I know them and they are vulnerable.

Nope. Terrifies me that if she wanted to, my son's birth mum could share photos of him on Facebook groups looking for him, claiming he's gone missing. Given that we are from the same county, and she has family that grew up with distant members of my family, it wouldn't take long before she found him.

No and I had to unfollow an ex colleague because she keeps sharing random missing people posts about people who live miles away.

No I don't because normally my fb is full of teenagers who haven't came come from the weekend or stayed a few days at there mates house and haven't told there parents. They always turn up and you never get an explanation about whats happened but the town I live in eats this stuff up. I understand if it's an adult or a young child then yes I would.

I share some after checking dates from the local police force and the local search and rescue team. We've had a couple recently both elderly gentlemen I shared both one was found safe but unwell. A person I know through a friend (so not well) husband went missing years ago he's never been found local police do an appeal every few of years. Although no one can truly know what happens behind closed doors as the police appeal so do I.