Discussion Question regarding bans

[LastNite]

Last Saturday a person posted on here and in the post they mentioned they were a junior. I feel bad for reporting because I relate to that poor kid. When I was junior I struggled a lot and Im still struggling till this day. That kid liked my comment and followed me and now I feel like an asshole for reporting.

Im just wondering do you at least give them some sort of advice or help before you straight up ban them? I feel like if not then it's cruel and harsh. It's sort of like a crisis lines when you call them and they hang up on you. I hope it's not like that and if it is then I really suggest you change it up. Hitting someone with a ban notification without anything else will make them feel unsupported and alone in their struggles and possibly end up hurting someone more than benefitting them.

I remember when I was 16 I got banned on r/suicidewatch just because I asked for a friend and the mods only gave me a reply saying not the right sub for this. When I replied back and told them I just wanted a friend to relate to because I was struggling they muted me and prevented me from appealing.

 

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Without getting into a debate about mental health support for minors, this forum has rules that everyone needs to follow. Interacting with minors may result in a warning or ban of your account.

Conceal or interact with minors
It is your duty to report any minors that you find on the forum. Members found to be knowingly withholding such information from the moderation team will be warned or banned.

I would report the user without involving myself with them. I don't know how the mod team handles reports involving minors, but I would assume they point to some mental health (crisis) resources before or in their ban message. Though I don't really know if they do that. It's just what I hope they do.

I suppose this is harsh, but the registration form clearly asks whether you're over 18 years old.

 

[LastNite]

Without getting into a debate about mental health support for minors, this forum has rules that everyone needs to follow. Interacting with minors may result in a warning or ban of your account.



I would report the user without involving myself with them. I don't know how the mod team handles reports involving minors, but I would assume they point to some mental health (crisis) resources before or in their ban message. Though I don't really know if they do that. It's just what I hope they do.

I suppose this is harsh, but the registration form clearly asks whether you're over 18 years old.

Yeh Ik it was a public post

 

[Forveleth]

I report them immediately without saying anything. Unfortunately, it leaves this website open to more discrimination and potential litigation, so protecting this site from that is the priority when I see minors posting here. I do not give them any advice as that again leaves the site and potentially myself now open for litigation.

If they are smart, they can figure out that the public places of the site are easily searchable on a non-censored search engine and find quite a lot of information without having to make an account.

 

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