I felt a bit better for a bit of conversation and taking my mind off my problems, in chat tonight - until we got told off for not talking only about recovery.
Every time this happens, it really puts me off going into the chatroom.
Addicts in recovery need normal conversation. It really annoys me. I understand if anyone is being unkind to another person, swearing or anything like that but for goodness sake, it just feels terrible. Really deflating.
It's like the fun police.
Hi @freda,
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You may have noticed that recently Gamcare have been asking for input around the forum and chat room services. We were requesting feedback on how we can improve these services to meet the needs of participants. I will ensure that your feedback is passed on.
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Could you help with my post, I'm a mother and want my son to, forgive me, man the f**k up and not be a child... I want to support him not baby him, tbh 'stop treating me like a child' would help... I can take it on the chin lol
The title of this thread has been a very common theme on these diaries for an age now!
Why ?
You keep coming up with the same reply and yet these diaries have lost so much in these past few years! There is no coincidence that Gamcare have lost a lot of diarists wanting to share their knowledge of this insiduos addiction and now become a mumsnet equivalent.
Time to man/ woman up moderators and if you really do have our best attentions at heart then stop this heavy moderation
ps To back up my previous post, but it appears after a quick scan though, the diary pages are now averaging 5/6 posts a day rather than 50/60 posts a day from a few years back!
Why?
Hi @faking-it,
Thank you very much for your feedback, we are sorry to hear that you are not happy with forum moderation.
As previously mentioned, we have been requesting feedback on how to improve the forum. Any feedback received is considered.
Without wishing to repeat previous posts, there is a balance between facilitating recovery focused support and building a platform for service users and peer support.
We are working to ensure the forum is a platform beneficial to all.
Kind regards,
Juan.
Forum Admin
Hi Juan,
Thanks for the response.
But respectfully, your response has come across as automated and not by a real person..
Apologies for my terminology but I take it that I won't get a valid answer from my black and white stats on diarist entrys today compared to a couple of years ago.
Hence, a simple 3 letter questions goes unanswered
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