Comments | gaystr8alliance: a quick note from your moderator.

durancureboy in gaystr8alliance

a quick note from your moderator.

Sep 09, 2009 11:58

If you question whether or not something belongs here or your personal journal... don't post it here.

There's asking for advice and then there's over sharing...

That is all.

Your Moderator/Community Founder,
Ryan

(Contact me if you have questions/comments/concerns)

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landale September 9 2009, 17:55:20 UTC

Yeah, perhaps he was a little too personal in that most people wouldn't want to post that much info about themselves but if he was comfortable to post it here, does it matter? He was asking for advice/support and in the end, isn't that what this place is supposed to be about?

I'm just a little confused about why sharing this is a big deal to some people. Shouldn't we be encouraging people to ask for help, rather than bottling up feelings of isolation, alienation and misery? It didn't come across to me as some blatant attempt at attention seeking.

I'm really tired so forgive me for questioning this if I'm being out of line, but isn't this community supposed to be one of support?

innana88 September 9 2009, 18:16:43 UTC

I agree that we need to clarify what our purpose is. If it isn't to help people with advice questions, then we should have on the profile page a link to a place where they can post that stuff.

durancureboy September 9 2009, 19:34:11 UTC

from our profile:

Bringing the LGBT and Straight communities together to voice concerns about everyday issues we all face. We are also here to promote equality, share ideas/concerns. If you are looking for advice, feel free to ask, we're here for each other.

Everyone here is friendly and ask that you be if you are to join us.

Everyone is welcome!

Please save any drama/attention-getting posts for your own journals. Thank you.

innana88 September 9 2009, 19:52:09 UTC

Well, that's great and all, but someone might not think of themselves as being dramatic or attention-seeking. It would be nice to have a link to somewhere they can go for LGBT-relationship issues. God knows, there are tons of straight communities that address posts like this most recent one. If we claim to be supportive, that's the least we can do. Anyone know of any communities for this?

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