Why the haven?
In the past few months a lot of members have complained about having their genuine problems made fun of for being pity-mongering. "You only posted this to get attention"... "Don't whine, just go out and do it"... etc.
So this forum is a place where people can speak up about what's really going on in their lives without fear of being attacked. All we ask is that you approach anything that's said in this forum with an open mind and good intentions.
If anyone feels threatened here, please, feel free to PM me or one of the other mods. Who you are and anything you say will not leave the mods forum. If you don't want the mod you PM to share your message with the other mods, just say so (though that may limit the amount they can help). There is only one condition under which we will share your PM, and that is if you seem to be in danger of physically harming yourself or anyone else.
You have as much privacy here as we can offer. The haven is members-only, so it can't be read by unregistered visitors. Unlike the rest of the forums, it's not a free-for-all. Absolutely no trolling will be tolerated, and you may be asked to edit your comments if someone else finds them hurtful. The point is not for moderators to seem like parents or police... just to help prevent the inevitable misunderstandings that come when two different people talk about issues that are important to them. If the mods get a complaint about someone's comments, they may post in the thread in question with a request to explain or reword what was said. In some cases, they might approach the person privately - not with official warnings, just an attempt to bridge the communication gap. If the person repeatedly refuses, they will be asked not to post in the haven (though this wouldn't affect their ability to post in the other forums). In the (hopefully!) rare case that someone makes openly hostile comments, we may have to remove them without consulting the author first, but we'll try to keep that to a minimum.
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