The site doesn't need to be pro-death, but the recovery section is nonsense. If people want "recovery" (whatever that means - recovery from what?) they can go...anywhere else. Spare the rest of us their sentimental drivel. The 18+ rule is likewise unfortunate. Minors are no more immune from the horridness of life than the rest of us. Still, I understand why the site did it for legal risk mitigation.
I don't see the recovery section as nonsense. In my case, recovery doesn't work for me because, like you said "recovery from what" and the "from what" in my case is life itself. To me, death is my recovery from the cruelty of life itself. However, I still think that the recovery section here is good because some people here can be recovered from their issues and can therefore live a happy life. It seems like many suicidal people here are suicidal as a last resort and would rather live life if they didn't suffer enough from it. Of course there are exceptions to this such as FC but many suicidal people would probably choose life over death if they were able to.
This doesn't mean that we should force recovery upon everybody here as, in the end, that decision should be left to the individual but some people here have recovered. I'd personally say that, whilst recovery isn't for me, this site has the best recovery resources yet as it's far more nuanced than "just go to therapy" which is something that pro lifers like to say a lot. I genuinely believe that a lot of people even outside of this forum can benefit from the recovery related advice here as it's far better than what you get in society. If I were to choose recovery (which I don't think I ever will), I'd rather start my recovery journey on SaSu rather than anywhere else
Lastly, recovery isn't forced upon people here. There's an option in settings to block the recovery sub forum if you don't want to see it. The recovery section can easily be ignored
Oh also, I do agree with you regarding the minors part but unfortunately society are more biased to react intensely towards minors than towards adults hence here we are