Hi all,
A number of posts have been removed from this thread due to mentions of suicide. I just want to give an informal reminder here that content containing or promoting suicide or self-harm actually violates our
Prohibited Content rules. No one here is qualified to help anyone else with their mental health. Whenever there are posts made that concern a user's well-being we redirect them to places where they can get help - e.g. The Samaritans, National Suicide Prevention Hotline, etc.
Prohibited Content
Do not post any content that contains or promotes the following:
- Violence, terrorism, suicide, self-harm, or other obscene content.
Furthermore, we would appreciate if everyone could take the time to consider whether or not their post is actually going to be constructive to a thread before hitting the post reply button. The number of posts we deleted that started with
"I was reluctant to respond..." and
"I know you already edited your post but..." shows us that people knew that they shouldn't have responded to the discussion, but they still chose to do it anyway. In future we may warn users who cannot seem to help themselves from putting in their two cents and extending an argument when it is clear to us that they know better. Multiple people hounding a single user isn't necessary and oftentimes will make them feel unwelcome on the forum. If someone edits content out of their post and apologises for it, then it is better to let the conversation die rather than to try and revive it. Less people get upset and I wouldn't lose 2-3hrs to cleaning up these types of arguments whenever they occur. Win-win!
If you would like to respond to this comment, please make a thread over in
Contact the Staff and either myself or another member of the team will reply to you. Otherwise please allow normal posting to resume. Thank you.