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An open-ended community for asking and answering various questions! Permissive of asks, AMAs, and OOTLs (out-of-the-loop) alike.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wouldn’t be surprised if they’d be worried about the responsibility of such a place, both in terms of modding and I guess legal liability, but it can’t hurt to ask, right? Try asking in /c/beehawsupport.

Mental health is one of the few communities that fall into a general category of 'often problematic on the internet' due to a confluence of factors noted already in this post as well as a few not mentioned - namely that people who are not educated can cause serious and real harm to others with bad or misinformed advice. In the same way that you shouldn't ask for legal advice from a random individual, asking for mental health advice online can be fraught with bad responses/answers. At this point in time we're not entertaining the idea.

Tagging @LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org for transparency

[–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Makes total sense, and I respect you and the team's decision on the matter 😊

I hadn't really thought the 'bad advice' angle through, thank you for the clarification.