talk guidelines for "threads like this "

[peridito]

Hi ,deleted thread on 26/11/ by Neonomore .

What are the guidelines that this transgressed ?

Was there an assumption that the OP was discussing suicide . What was the thread "like" in your view ?

I've looked at talk guidelines but it hasn't helped .

TIA
I thought it was someone having a MH crisis .

[peridito]

Why are we thinking that the OP has been banned ? Maybe blocked for the time being ? Because she is likely still to be fragile ?

I don't think my wording is that special and I absolutely refuse to believe that MN couldn't have come up with something better themselves .They don't need some random poster suggesting wording for them .

This from MN
While the term 'these sorts of threads' does sound odd, the alternative is to be clear about it and say 'threads about suicide' or 'threads about self harm'
is bonkers .Of course there is a more suitable alternative .

MN may ,as said ,have taken guidance from Mind and The Samaritins .But I really struggle to believe that either organisation suggested or approved that wording .

The guidelines from the NSPA I've linked to above
for online community moderators in responding to suicidal content were developed after consultation with a huge range of stakeholders and were led by Mind
www.nspa.org.uk/resources/supporting-online-communities-click-to-view-the-guidance/
and having read them they don't suggest anything like the response on MN.

[Aridane]

Was it Ariadne or a name like that? She had a good grip on the drug situation

I was the poster who wrote on how the quetiapine should be working at the right dose and to get back for an urgent medication review. And to refill her prescription as she had run out.

And, yes, I was borderline appalled at the deletion of the thread and the seemingly semi callous deletion message. Agree with @Alrighteo here. Unless of course the thread tipped into suicide methods discussion...

[TabbyStar]

Ah I got the order of the letters wrong, sorry, and it wasn't you anyway, I just remembered you sounded knowledgable!

I was worried she might have accidentally taken too much in trying to medicate herself because the last few posts seemed less coherent, there was no discussion of suicide at all as far as I can remember and I was on the thread as it was deleted.

I still feel unclear what the protocol is, and whether MN does take any action if someone seems vulnerable. I understand there are loads of complexities involved, but I wonder whether that would make people less likely to report a thread and remove the support from the OP.

[Alrighteo]

What MN does, is leave a message advising the poster to contact the Samaritans, delete the thread and ban the OP.

[Alrighteo]

That said, I believe I've seen the OP here with a new name posting. Well I suspect it's them, no way of knowing.

[Alrighteo]

I didn't mention it on the thread as then the poster would be banned again for being a PBP!

[TabbyStar]

They weren't banned were they? I thought it was just that that thread was deleted.

[Alrighteo]

Perhaps @MNHQ could confirm whether their ability to post was 'temporarily suspended' or not?

I'm pretty sure from other posters who I have been in private message contact with on other similar threads, that they'd have been banned. A few posters I was pm-ing in similarish circs ended up with threads deleted and a couple have pm-d from new accounts saying that they had been banned.