I was just thinking of one way you could be helpful to some citizens:

     Let people have more options when they select SINGLE in their RELATIONSHIP STATUS setting.

     Let them elaborate: Available, Readily Available, Desperately Available and MAYDAY

     Some persons in distress because they are having no luck in the romance department could select MAYDAY more comfortably than expressing their feelings in other ways.

     Friends could learn of the person’s distress and also know the reason for it. Then they could offer helpful advice on how to find a sweetheart. Some individuals need help to break down the invisible wall preventing somebody from connecting. It’s like somebody shuffled a deck of cards in front of the guy and dealt them out, face down and said, “It’s your job to find the queen of hearts, but whatever you do, don’t you dare disturb any card that isn’t the queen of hearts.” That isn’t fair to him nor to the queen of hearts.

     Just be sure to add explanations for each option, and carefully craft an explanation for MAYDAY calculated to prevent the use of it as an excuse for locking the person up in a mental institution and drugging the person. If a man needs a Lady in Red, the last thing he needs is the Men in the White Suits. Involuntary hospitalization not only is a police state measure, it conveys an extremely insulting message: “You’re crazy if you think you ought to be able to get a date once in a while.” Faced with the danger of forced hospitalization, some persons would follow the advice on New Hampshire registration plates.

     Write something like Use MAYDAY if you haven’t been having any luck and it bothers you. Not only would you cover everybody’s ass, you’d reflect the reality that a person’s distress can be serious whilst still far from life threatening.

     Let other websites offer advice to persons calling MAYDAY and to persons answering the call.

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     You could also allow the user to set the status to appear on his or her main Facebook page.

“You know, honey, something is troubling our teenager, but I just can’t figure it out. They say sometimes people send out hints. Let’s check the kid’s Facebook page and see if we can spot some subtle clue.”