Posted by Lou Pilder on December 24, 2007, at 19:12:12
In reply to Re: Triggerish » Lou Pilder, posted by Glydin on December 24, 2007, at 16:13:26
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> > If there was a rule to limit here the number of posts per a period of time, and one posted more posts than the limit allowed in order to offer support and education to a member that was contemplating suicide...
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> ~~~ First of all, I have very strong feelings regarding support for a suicidal individual and I believe in encouraging real life help. I have never thought internet boards, chat, etc... are the venue for good crisis intervention.
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> As far as picking and choosing what should or should not be included in any exclusions, that would be judging post content as opposed to posting behavior. I will say I think we can get into a slippery slope when content, a poster's "reputation", "character", etc. get used as criteria for whether to address a stepping over the guidelines.
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> As I said before, I don't think this board will probably ever have a timeframe limit to how much an individual poster can post.Glyden,
You wrote,[...believe in encouraging real-life help...never thought..the venue for good...slippery slope...]
I believe in encouraging real-life help as you do and also I believe that a mental-health forum has the potential to be of help to any cry for help by another. The forum here provides members that could offer a wide variety of individual differences to be of help to one that posts for such, unlike some forums that will not allow some types of posts. This then has the potential for one seeking help to hear from those that encourage real-life contact and also allows those that think that dialog on the internet could be benificial to offer their support and education.
If there was this hypothetical rule established here, I think that a list of exceptions to the rule could be made not based on content, but just if the post offers support or education.
Lou
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