Discussion What do you think about the idea of a forum to get life advice in?

[26mmmm]

Having one big forum where people could get advice regarding any life issue or stage, whether its physical, mental or financial issues, adulthood, adolescence, careers etc

Attracting actually experienced people to the forum, by hiring them for example, is probably necessary to avoid bad advice and not have the forum flooded with questions only.

Maybe the forum could offer resources or information too, like what's done here but on a bigger scale.

I couldn't do anything like it - even if I had the skills it couldn't be done properly by an independent individual with barely any funding or knowledge.

but what do you guys think of the idea? There are probably some forums like that out there but I don't know if they're all-in-one or good at all.


Plenty of people don't really have who to ask for advice IRL, myself included, so this sounds like a great idea to me.
That forum could be just like how this forum is to suicidal people, who finally find answers and a place to ask questions.

 

[falling_snow]

You should put this in the suggestions forum! This is a pretty great idea! Though I don't know if SS has enough funding for it, but maybe voluntaries might help!

 

[26mmmm]

You should put this in the suggestions forum! This is a pretty great idea! Though I don't know if SS has enough funding for it, but maybe voluntaries might help!

Probably not, itd have to be be done by something bigger, I just like the idea of it and wonder if others agree.
We need more modern solutions to these modern problems.

 

[Meteora]

I think here on SS is everything available that is needed. Support, advice, informations..... for me this is enough.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

You could never really serve the needs of thousands of people here with "hired professional staff" - lack of funding. Advice is already there each one has to look for local support then wherever they live.

 

[Slow_Farewell]

@Praestat_Mori has a point about the cost..

Cost aside, it would be a challenge to sort and organize considering the variety of people who'd access it...
i mean advice for let's say financial literacy, would be different per region because of the differences in currency and the market, same with like..jobs as well.
Having said that, it wouldnt be impossible, and it would be kind of refreshing to see solutions on surviving being alive from the very people who wanted out.

 

[26mmmm]

You could never really serve the needs of thousands of people here with "hired professional staff" - lack of funding. Advice is already there each one has to look for local support then wherever they live.

Local support isn't always available and if it is it might be hard to find or insufficient.

Im talking about a completely different forum, and its just an idea, of course I personally can't do it.
If a bigger body with good funding would do so, so you think it'd be a good idea?

@Praestat_Mori has a point about the cost..

Cost aside, it would be a challenge to sort and organize considering the variety of people who'd access it...
i mean advice for let's say financial literacy, would be different per region because of the differences in currency and the market, same with like..jobs as well.
Having said that, it wouldnt be impossible, and it would be kind of refreshing to see solutions on surviving being alive from the very people who wanted out.

Theoretically people from different areas could just get advice from others in the same areas.
Yeah it would cost alot and would be a big project, but it sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Local support isn't always available and if it is it might be hard to find or insufficient.

Complexity starts here already! Depending on what support is needed it might be also difficult to "deliver" that support into the "outback".

Im talking about a completely different forum, and its just an idea, of course I personally can't do it.
If a bigger body with good funding would do so, so you think it'd be a good idea?

Such a forum that "supports worldwide" can never give specific and local support unless you have locals in all regions to do that.

If the support is free you won't find any funding bc when you don't earn funds with the forum/project it will run out of funds quickly.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I haven't been in the recovery forum much but isn't the recovery forum basically everything that you said? Needing advice based on a certain thing in life counts towards recovery after all.

As for hiring experienced people, that would be a hard task as I doubt that the majority of experienced people would want to help people on a site which is known (due to the media) for killing people, especially minors. Of course I don't believe that this site has killed anybody but rather merely provided people the means to hopefully not do an attempt that's risky or ineffective thus preventing people from potentially being in a permanent vegetative state. However, pro lifers aren't going to believe that and the majority of experienced people are pro lifers

Either way, I assume that the people in the recovery forum should be experienced enough already due to their life circumstances, right?

 

[26mmmm]

Complexity starts here already! Depending on what support is needed it might be also difficult to "deliver" that support into the "outback".


Such a forum that "supports worldwide" can never give specific and local support unless you have locals in all regions to do that.

If the support is free you won't find any funding bc when you don't earn funds with the forum/project it will run out of funds quickly.

Well maybe not everyone would be able to get support but some could.
Maybe you could sort between regions in some areas.
Ads or donations could work.
Idk how something like that would work out so it doesn't really matter, I just like the idea of it.

I haven't been in the recovery forum much but isn't the recovery forum basically everything that you said? Needing advice based on a certain thing in life counts towards recovery after all.

As for hiring experienced people, that would be a hard task as I doubt that the majority of experienced people would want to help people on a site which is known (due to the media) for killing people, especially minors. Of course I don't believe that this site has killed anybody but rather merely provided people the means to hopefully not do an attempt that's risky or ineffective thus preventing people from potentially being in a permanent vegetative state. However, pro lifers aren't going to believe that and the majority of experienced people are pro lifers

Either way, I assume that the people in the recovery forum should be experienced enough already due to their life circumstances, right?

Im not talking about this forum, im talking about a new one completely unrelated.
I just figured the idea of it sounds nice.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I think it's a nice idea. Of course, it's debatable whether even experienced people are 'right' about everything. Our attitudes on life are very much influenced by our own experience. Things like religion, or a bias towards or against something based on our own experience can come in to play. Even with famous people who kind of set themselves up as a life coach- what qualifies them to always know best?

But sure- sonewhere where people can ask questions and get different viewpoints could be good.

As others have suggested though- that could be done here. Probably the recovery section would be most apt. There have been really cool members here who are morticians or specialists in chemistry/ drugs who have offered to share their expertese and answer questions. You could simply start a thread asking members to post their questions and leave suggestions in the Recovery Section.