Built with: Flask framework, Python, Microsoft Cognitive Services API - Text Analytics, Heroku, HTML/CSS/JS
Pitch: Redirect social media users struggling with suicidal ideation to professional help before they post.
Mission: Lend a Hand is a Chrome extension that serves as a preventative tool to detect harmful posts on social media before they go live. These posts include content with trigger warnings, descriptions of self-harm and suicidal ideation, and anything that suggests a user is struggling with their mental health. Lend gives the user the option to erase the post and access a link to professional help and services, or a link to learn more about mental health issues and how they can improve their outlook. The option of removing the post before it goes live is critical to reducing the contagious nature of these posts, as they often negatively impact others with mental health issues by normalizing or glorifying suicide. Lend interrupts the workflow of the user, giving them less incentive to post and more opportunity to discover resources that can be of assistance. Lend a hand and spread #positivity on social media. Lend is compatible with all websites across Chrome and encompasses a breadth of vocabularies.