You're right kate, I wont rise to gameplay.

She/they/it bores me.

True. This place is free.

I guess I'm in the minority. Perhaps I'm the old fashioned one here but I kinda like the new feel to this place. Seems much more orderly and more calm. I"m not apprehensive at all at posting something now. I hope any posts of people looking for help don't get deleted. I haven't witnessed any but I"m not on all day long either. I prefer posts that are specific to Depression. Not Toenails...if ya know what I mean... Call me oldfashioned...i don't know..

I don't want this to turn into a fight, but game hasn't said anything rude, or mean or anything that has to be "risen" to, it's just a point of view. Let's not take these things personally, just think about it for a minute....there is so much activity here, how can they possibly keep up with EVERYTHING? It's not only the depression board they have to monitor, and we have to have some responsibility as free participants on THEIR site.

You could create your own. I don't know how, I'm not that savvy.

inhishands..... you have a good point, the posts about depression and how to overcome it, findig similar stories and experinces are important on the site but its also needed to talk about unrelated topics so that we are not simply stewing in the illness.

Posting things to make someone laugh can be as theraputic as talking about the illness itself. More so often.

In depression we can all become so involved in the illness we forget whats outside it.

Does it really hurt to see the lighter side to life?

inhishands...people also need other things than to talk about depression though. And yes...people asking for help have had their posts deleted. None of us have ever gone this mad about posts being deleted before but its because it seems so random and unfair. I guess unless you saw the posts and what the content was...you dont really know. A lot of us saw the content and thats why people are up in arms. There was no need for this. None.

PLEASE someone answer me this one lil question PLZ....you are saying we cant have fun here too that all we have to talk about is depression why cant we be silly sometimes its the silly ones the help the most i think please someone answer that for me

As always haireth, so very well said.

I agree in principle with #35 and #36. Honestly I for one enjoy the quips at each other here. It Helps me a lot especially when I feek like Crap to be able to say something funny or sarcastic ( in a good way of course) and to have the same thrown back at me. Depression Help is just not about "Oh Me, worra worra worra"

with the greatest respect to DS staff. We were told that we were acting badly, a few days ago. Today we tried to do something beautiful. Not one bad word and to my knowledge anyone left unhelped on the boards (I helped 3 suicidal people). It was also mentioned that the depression group was SO BIG you didn't know how to divide it into categories etc: may I respectfully ask if deleting perfectly normal questions or starting topics and then deleting them, a way to upset so many depressed and low self esteem people to make them leave?
Is this how you are 'solving' your problems with us?
Will I be banned for asking a perfectly legitimate and logical question?
I appreciate all you do foe the good of the community, I do realse as an ex Sales and Marketing manager tht this site does not run on 'fresh air' if no one came, you wouldn't get your advertising revenue.
If you put a thread on the public depression board, are we not entitled to ask questions and then take some of what you have said into another topic?
No one dares to say anything anymore, these are the very people who need help. (Us BIG girls, try to take care of the more timid ones)
It would be good to know why Freedom of speech was taken off, no one was slamming anyone. Apologies in advance if you have put it in a different category. I only go in 'crisis' the others hold no appeal for me personally.
{{hugs}}

Though I'm trying to give it a chance, I can't honestly say things have improved. Everyone just seems slightly stroppier! my board activity has decreased massively lately but I don't mind that too much. I prefer friends, hugs, pms and msn.

But I do enjoy the messing about threads and sharing of funny stuff and music. BUT it does indeed make more sense to catagorise. Let's just give it more time?

I havn't read many replies but look guys this site is FREE. The people running it I assume are volunteers correct me if I'm wrong as this is a site ran by funds from advertising and such.

Complaints should be collaberated into one thread, It must be annoying having to sort out 10-15 threads about the same thing, just creating a new flood that this new system is trying to fix.

If you feel like a laugh go to the off topic board for 30 min

If you want to put something back into the community go to the crisis or depression forum

Let's wait it out a little folks?

By the way Jesse I would suggest a new rank of DS staff - perhaps dedicated members like Kate and co that are on most days.. if they want, give them small admin rights? an ability to move threads and posts into one topic or make temporary stickies or discussion posts with will disapear or have a poll/vote system.. has that been suggested before?

Hey...I like a good laugh like anyone else. But one day I was looking at the boards and noticed just a whole bunch of silly silly posts that just dominated the boards and the serious posts just got lost in a jungle of silliness. I just thought there needed to be better balance which could be achieved through some better judgement and self-control on the posters part. Serious posts should take precedence over the jokes (if ya wanna call them that).

so I guess a topic about naming someones horse is relevant to depression... maintaining the focus on depression support? but people asking questions or trying to help someone who is about to homeless is NOT relevant to depression... sorry, dont get it.

who are you responding to walkinfaith?