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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
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"Check in" - in context: often when a disaster hits, various social media communities get together and help with recovery by offering a "check-in" option. So family and friends know that the victims of a hurricane-destroyed area, or tornado, or flood, or fire, are alive and safe.
Very popular on Facebook and Twitter, Instagram, and hundreds of internet fora around the internet.
It's a community thing. People helping people even if they don't actually know each other offline.