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Vanessa28

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I think the depressing thread should be locked/deleted. It seems to me to be a place for people to post suicidal ramblings, not sure that's really appropriate for the site.

I happen to agree with you about some members really posting way too depressive things. And some posts do scare me a bit. Maybe a split?
 
Maybe merge it with Things on Your Mind? I am not sure that would help, I just feel that those kinds of posts aren't a very good thing to have posted constantly and should be discouraged. Obviously if the person wants help they can PM someone but the level of suicidal posts is staggering.
 

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I guess the depressing thread encourages negative thoughts more than anything and such thoughts can affect others and their mood, which I can see as a potential problem. I still think people should have a place to air their grievances, but displaying it in a public thread seems quite redundant as, like said above, it's much more appropriate to handle such manners in a private fashion as this helps both parties a hell of a lot more.

I think the word "depressing" leads to this more than anything, so maybe a change in title?
 

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It's not people airing their grievances that I find a big issue, it's the fact that it's full of people saying they want/plan to kill themselves that I think it becomes really inappropriate. I agree maybe a different name would help, who knows though.

Yeah I see what you mean. Honestly I don't want to say "don't air your grievances" but I think it's much more appropriate to handle it in private conversations and such as suicide is a very... very personal issue and term shouldn't be used lightly. Yeah and I guess seeing suicidal thoughts in a rather friendly discussion section isn't exactly healthy for the forum.
 
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Yeah I see what you mean. Honestly I don't want to say "don't air your grievances" but I think it's much more appropriate to handle it in private conversations and such as suicide is a very... very personal issue and term shouldn't be used lightly. Yeah and I guess seeing suicidal thoughts in a rather friendly discussion section isn't exactly healthy for the forum.

Clearly, the solution is a ZD Festivus Thread.
 

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I happen to agree with you about some members really posting way too depressive things. And some posts do scare me a bit. Maybe a split?

It would be for the best, I think. A lock, or a split. Btw, just wondering...can I suggest stuff for the competitions in this thread here?
 
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10500 Gold for shoutbox access. ;)
Then allow gold to be brought with real money so for example $10 = 1000 Gold.
People buy that **** like crazy for shoutbox!
Mases snorts all that cash up and lives the rich life...

Oh they were planning to do that already...
 

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