I just thought it would be a good idea. I am not a mental health professional but just a nurse in a slow hospital for the next two weeks until I get stationed again. And while I agree with you I think it would give people a place to let it out. Even if it does no good at least they let it loose. But I do think about 90 percent have mental health issue and need someone to say I care and I am willing to talk the person down. I asked the question out of curiosity but I am no mod or even know how to do it so it would rely on another person
I think its a wonderful idea. I would love to see a community for this, but I don’t belive Lemmy has the tools to ensure it’s a safe space.
You would need a 24/7 mod team to read through everything and keep bad actors out (not to mention utilizing DMs can make moderating pointless).
Even if you ban them, its too easy to make throw away accounts to bring negativity to the community, consequence free.
You could try IP blocking, but with vpns thats easily cicumvented. Wholesale blocking vpns would go against what Lemmy is trying to accomplish.
Fundamentally, unless you can identify someone on Lemmy, they are free to do all the bad they want consequence free.
I just thought it would be a good idea. I am not a mental health professional but just a nurse in a slow hospital for the next two weeks until I get stationed again. And while I agree with you I think it would give people a place to let it out. Even if it does no good at least they let it loose. But I do think about 90 percent have mental health issue and need someone to say I care and I am willing to talk the person down. I asked the question out of curiosity but I am no mod or even know how to do it so it would rely on another person
I think its a wonderful idea. I would love to see a community for this, but I don’t belive Lemmy has the tools to ensure it’s a safe space.
You would need a 24/7 mod team to read through everything and keep bad actors out (not to mention utilizing DMs can make moderating pointless).
Even if you ban them, its too easy to make throw away accounts to bring negativity to the community, consequence free. You could try IP blocking, but with vpns thats easily cicumvented. Wholesale blocking vpns would go against what Lemmy is trying to accomplish.
Fundamentally, unless you can identify someone on Lemmy, they are free to do all the bad they want consequence free.