Physical & Emotional Abuse Support Group
Abuse is a general term for the treatment of someone that causes some kind of harm (to the abused person, to the abusers themselves, or to someone else) that is unlawful or wrongful. No one deserves abuse, period. Abuse can be emotional, physical, or sexual.
Hey everybody. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Jim. I joined this group years ago when my wife and I were having some serious marital problems. Thankfully, with some hard work and counseling, things are working out better, but I still stick around, communicate with a few users and browse the main page.
I came across this page on Cracked.com and I thought I would share it. This page should be a safe place and it's important that we are trusting and open, but we do need to protect ourselves from people who are faking to get attention or for any other reason (I am not accusing anybody on this page of faking, I'm simply pointing out it is a possibility and people need to be careful).
Warning: The language is a little strong and as a comedy website, they are overall going for laughs, but the information is good.
I hope everyone is doing well. Have a great day.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-to-spot-internet-bullshit-artist/
I came across this page on Cracked.com and I thought I would share it. This page should be a safe place and it's important that we are trusting and open, but we do need to protect ourselves from people who are faking to get attention or for any other reason (I am not accusing anybody on this page of faking, I'm simply pointing out it is a possibility and people need to be careful).
Warning: The language is a little strong and as a comedy website, they are overall going for laughs, but the information is good.
I hope everyone is doing well. Have a great day.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-to-spot-internet-bullshit-artist/
This is helpful information, and it`s good to see people online highlighting the need to be careful in whatever form.
Thanks for sharing :)
One good thing about DS is the 'report & ignore' features. There is a 'report' abuse link on just about every page and each person has an 'ignore' link right under their avatar. So if you suspect someone is trolling of phishing or they are causing trouble in a group, you can report them and then ignore them.
Ignoring means you won't receive hugs or messages from them (unless you don't check those options) and you won't see their comments. DS is very good about deleting & banning people who are reported for spamming and being abusive, etc.
They have some good advice in their help section.
"2. Personal Information:
We strongly advise against posting your personal information (email address, phone number, home address, etc.) anywhere on the site. We will delete posted personal information when we see it. This is for your safety. If you have created a username that contains your real name or other personal info, please contact us to change it. Note that we may not alert you when we delete personal content.
We continue to work on ways for you to protect the information you post on DailyStrength. You can "hide" certain parts of your content so that only you or your friends can see it, and we'll continue to offer more privacy features in the future."
http://www.dailystrength.org/help/rules-of-the-road
There's also a feedback link at the bottom of that page.