New rule regarding hateful conduct.

[RainAndSadness]

Hello everyone.

We added the following entry to the rules.

Do NOT:

• Direct hate towards others based on gender, race, or sex orientation
  • Do not use abusive language or direct hate towards others based on their race, gender, or sexual orientation. This is a very diverse community with many different types of people from different backgrounds.

We have a very diverse community and this should further establish and clarify what this place is about and that hateful conduct isn't tolerated under any circumstances. I think it's very important that we can maintain a respectful, inclusive and compassionate atmosphere in this forum - hence the rule addition. Everyone who wants to participate in this forum in good faith should feel welcome and accepted here and I hope this sentiment is shared in this community. Thanks!

 

[αmber]

 

[chocolatebar]

Thank you. I thought this rule already existed. My memory must be failing me

 

[whatevs]

Thank you. I thought this rule already existed. My memory must be failing me

It probably was done for formal emphasis, this rule indeed existed in a tacit way.

 

[narval]

Thank you. I thought this rule already existed. My memory must be failing me

me too. I thought that was a explicit standard rule for online communities.

 

[houseofleaves]

me too. I thought that was a explicit standard rule for online communities.

implicit? (SORRY — since it wasn’t stated clearly, but we all knew what we should do and what we shouldn’t)

 

[Area Man]

Did we include disability and neurotype here?

 

[Heavenly Pup]

Oh jeez, there goes a ton of people if this rule is strictly enforced. I see it all the time in chat. There are some very hateful people, even people I like.

 

[AnxiousSchizoid]

Oh jeez, there goes a ton of people if this rule is strictly enforced. I see it all the time in chat. There are some very hateful people, even people I like.

Bitterness is something I would expect from people on a suicide forum, tbh. Not saying that the intolerant views I see are correct, but I usually assume it’s coming from a place of frustration. Assigning blame to a group of people helps in terms of lifting that burden off of yourself if your life has gone off the rails. It’s wrong, but I can see why a desperate and lonely person might demonize a group of people who they perceive to be the source of their problems.

 

[chocolatebar]

Oh jeez, there goes a ton of people if this rule is strictly enforced. I see it all the time in chat. There are some very hateful people, even people I like.

Around here? Whoa, this is a bit shocking to me, I confess. Are people in the chat different from what they show in the threads?

 

[Heavenly Pup]

Bitterness is something I would expect from people on a suicide forum, tbh. Not saying that the intolerant views I see are correct, but I usually assume it’s coming from a place of frustration. Assigning blame to a group of people helps in terms of lifting that burden off of yourself if your life has gone off the rails. It’s wrong, but I can see why a desperate and lonely person might demonize a group of people who they perceive to be the source of their problems.

I completely agree with this. It doesn’t necessarily make you a bad person.

Around here? Whoa, this is a bit shocking to me, I confess. Are people in the chat different from what they show in the threads?

The chat is definitely much more casual than the forum so people think less and type more. Some people have said hateful things but as Anxious said, it does come from a place of frustration. I just hope everyone stops to think before they type something that may be a negative generalization or a stereotype.

 

[CallOfTheVoid112]

I'm glad i haven't seen anything of the sort..yet..

 

[Pluto]

This is all quite agreeable, so long as it's still OK to roast the normies.