The only problem I see with dissertation/employment type thread in GC is that it means that the discussion has to stay very 'trigger-free', whereas at least in GSA, you can post in the uni thread saying that you're really struggling to adapt to life in halls and it's making your anxiety/self-harming worse. That's just like a random example.
see now you say that.. but the intro thing to GSA says:
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Support and advice on any general topic such as home life, school and relationships. Remember to use the other support boards for all posts specifically related to self harm and/or mental health issues
so i guess technically you can talk about uni etc, but not how its affecting your mental health.
I dont think general chat is used properly to be honest. to me, most of whats in general chat should be in fun and distractions, and peoples 'life' threads should be in general.
I agree.
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The only problem I see with dissertation/employment type thread in GC is that it means that the discussion has to stay very 'trigger-free', whereas at least in GSA, you can post in the uni thread saying that you're really struggling to adapt to life in halls and it's making your anxiety/self-harming worse. That's just like a random example.
I see your point, but I think overall those threads are pretty trigger-free and just about chatting, and if someone was struggling, they could make a thread about it in, say, GSA or Serious and all their friends would probably see it (or they could post in the room thread and say hi I've made a thread about such and such in GSA would you mind checking it out) and thus keep the main thread a safe place.
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I dont think general chat is used properly to be honest. to me, most of whats in general chat should be in fun and distractions, and peoples 'life' threads should be in general.
This.
I have a problem with room threads when there is an excess of them and they push support threads off the first page. i also have my reservations for a seperate board for them.
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I have a problem with room threads when there is an excess of them and they push support threads off the first page. i also have my reservations for a seperate board for them.
Can I ask why?
Additionally, good point Charlie! I guess an exception is made when it's in the context of more light-hearted conversation, and if it did become a woe-fest, then it would be picked up on?
I quite like the idea of a lot of general chat stuff being in F&D, and some of the stuff from GSA going in GC. It sounds good. I guess it's a question of implementation though!
It has crossed my mind a lot recently as to if I should PR the uni student thread to get it moved to vets, but that has the baby support thread in and not everyone goes in there and it seems to work where it is.
And since the wobble earlier this year, it seems to stay on track.
But I think it might be an idea to do something to separate room threads from the main boards. Because I would also like a dissertation support thread as I feel that would be more useful to me personally than the uni student thread.
I'm sure I had a point here but it seems to have gone awol.
I think when its cases that are pretty specific to a handful of people (so a dissertation thread) its perfect acceptable to be like 'this is how im feeling,share your feelings too/lets help each other' without labelling it as a room or a support thread. I think when its labelled as a room or so on theres a lot more scope for going off track because room threads are posted on slightly differently to other threads and whilst in some instances thats ok when theres so many of them it can be overwhelming and people do feel like theyre joining in on something halfway through (this is no ones fault, just the way things are!) x
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Its hard to explain. The segregation thing is an issue. and also i would worry really pointless room threads would start beign created and it would all become a bit of a joke. I think room threads have their place, and work where there are a small number of them. when there are too many the affect gets dilluted and we stop being a community.
god that wasnt coherant at all.
"I would be almighty in my own world of art, even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell." -Picasso
"No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war." - Picasso
'I have scars becuase I have a past; but they, like my past, do not define my future'
I think when its cases that are pretty specific to a handful of people (so a dissertation thread) its perfect acceptable to be like 'this is how im feeling,share your feelings too/lets help each other' without labelling it as a room or a support thread. I think when its labelled as a room or so on theres a lot more scope for going off track because room threads are posted on slightly differently to other threads and whilst in some instances thats ok when theres so many of them it can be overwhelming and people do feel like theyre joining in on something halfway through (this is no ones fault, just the way things are!) x
But this was what the dissertation/project thread was like and it got closed?
I agree with everyone! Which is really annoying when trying to formulate an opinion of one's own :p
But yeah, I can definitely see the flaws in a board specially for rooms.
I do also see the danger of too many room threads getting out of hand, however, as I mentioned in the other thread, I do think it's unfair that already established threads get to stay and new ones get closed, even if they are different to existing ones. I personally think there should either be a ban on room threads altogether [which would inevitably cause kerfuffles from the uni thread, the BPD thread and the big pink comfy couch and ain't nobody got time for dat], or ALL the room threads should be allowed [but maybe with guidelines on keeping content relevant, where such threads should be made etc].
But this was what the dissertation/project thread was like and it got closed?
I dont know the thread,I havent seen it so I cant comment!
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
ALL the room threads should be allowed [but maybe with guidelines on keeping content relevant, where such threads should be made etc].
Room threads are a bit of a nightmare to moderate and its difficult enough keeping track of the ones we do have. Plus if theyre all allowed what if there are something like 8 room threads in GC, I see so many problems with that and I think any threads that arent room threads are going to end up ignored,either because no one is seeing them or because most of the topics will be in one of the room threads and thats a sad thing in my opinion.
I have never seen any problems in the comfy couches and I (personally) think that those should be the only room threads allowed, one in each board and then no other 'room' type threads because then thats catering to everyone.
I just think of a site like RYL which already has it member groups (not a bad thing necessarily) it just breeds segregation and leads to people feeling left out and on a site like this peoples feelings get more hurt and are more amplified.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
I have never seen any problems in the comfy couches
Oh no, me neither, I was just making the point that it's OK for me, because I have the uni thread, but for a school student without BPD, a baby or BORIS-related issues it's just kind of like "bad luck, a sixth form student thread probably would of done just as well as the uni thread, but we are full up of room threads now".
But then again, I see your point about it getting out of hand, and one room thread per board sounds like a very good idea.
Arent basically all the things in reviews and recommendations like room threads.. i mean, you see the length of the tokio hotel thread, or the x factor one or whatever.
But by that token, so is the "what colour is your whatever" thread, and the "say here what you could blatantly say to someone else as they're in the next room" thread.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you.
But there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
I aint no abacus but you can count on me.
The reason we said the learning a language thread should go there is because they are learning it for fun and for some people it would be a distraction.
The way the thread was set up it seemed highly unlikely that it would ever become thread with triggering material in it if that makes sense hence why it was closed but could be remade there if members so wished.
The dissertation thread seemed to the mods to be a sub thread of the student room thread and we couldn't see why members couldn't discuss their dissertations in there. As a personal aside I have recently finished my masters and whilst I'm not a student room poster whenever I have contemplated posting it has been when I have had an assignment etc due in as that is a big part of being a student. I did mine at the OU so the normal student life bit was lacking and thus that side of things couldn't be posted.
I/other mods have closed various 'room' threads ever since I started being a mod over three years ago so this isn't new but equally the mods don't close every room thread so recently we have had the following 'room threads' started:- chronic illness thread which was started in September, Stop do this now which was started in July, and the unemployment support thread in June.
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