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Robo
post May 17 2010, 01:56 AM
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I take the issue of suicide very seriously - it is a tragedy that every year so many people feel that there is no better solution to their life than to not have one any more. Some recent posts on these forums have highlighted that we need to have a stance on this so that staff and members alike know where they stand.

If someone makes a suicide thread there are really only two possibilities: they are either seriously contemplating suicide and are posting as part of making their final decision to go through with it, or they are engaging in some form of sick humour and trolling . There is no way to know which situation we are facing when we see a suicide thread in the forums so our policy is to treat them as if they are real.

1. A suicide thread will be locked as soon as it is seen by a staff member. If there are any trolling posts in the thread they will be deleted. A final post will be added to the thread advising the poster of where they can seek help for the way they are feeling.

2. There will be a zero-tolerance policy for any form of trolling/inflammatory comments in a suicide thread. This includes posting pictures or taunting the poster to go ahead and 'do it'. Posting a trolling or inflammatory post in a suicide thread will be an intermediate offence under the site rules - if you don't have something constructive/helpful to say while the post is still open then don't say anything.



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