After having started a personal thread and having posts maliciously flagged I now have my doubts this is a safe and supportive environment. Quite frankly I don’t fancy being hurt again which worsens my mental health. The opposite of what the aim of a forum like this should be.
I am therefore only going to be posting articles in the lounge and news section from now on and will keep personal experiences to myself to be safe.
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You’ll get used to getting flagged the more it occurs. It happens to me all the time. Be lucky that you don’t get suspended.
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@firemonkey i like u man… u can share ur personal stuff …no one is going to flag u out…!!
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I am sorry you experienced this…I would encourage you to still post personal stuff…you can’t make everyone happy…just keep your cool and everything will be alright.
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I got banned before for speaking the truth
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flagging posts is a type of ratting. I wouldn’t rat on anyone here, im not that type
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RIGHT ON @san_pedro… SAME HERE
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The thing is I don’t mind being flagged or suspended if I have done something wrong but it’s a form of abuse when that isn’t the case and you get flagged etc.
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The worst thing about being flagged is you don’t know who did it.
the flagged posts are the most interesting when you press on it
flag on
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Getting flagged is not abuse. As someone who has been abused the misuse of this word aggravates me.
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Really!!! Never tried flagging someone myself… Perhaps one day I will.
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I meant I never flagged anyone, but it interesting 2 c what they flagged…
Getting flagged for an unjust reason is a form of abuse , as is being punished without due cause.
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@firemonkey there are two senarios here, one is get flagged by the mods, another is get flagged by one of the members. While getting flagged by a mod is a serious punishment , getting falgged by a member is near nothing because there are thousands members on this forum and any of them can give you a flag out of any reason. His/her reason may be rightful also may be very personal, trivial or even strange. So you should not be very sensitive to this flag issue.
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I hope you’ll reconsider @firemonkey
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I am so sorry you feel this way, @firemonkey. I’ve been flagged and even suspended numerous times, too many times to even count, and for some odd reason I’m still here. I agree with you that to get flagged and suspended is not good for our mental health. I don’t know what we can do about it either.
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I can relate. I too have my doubts this is a safe and supportive environment.
I read many comments from people - having to apologize or having to explain themselves - indicating that your view is shared by many.
I think part of the solution is to keep calm and keep sharing - just what you are doing now. Congratulations ! 
People are not intrinsically evil or nasty in my opinion - they may be just misguided , acting out of fear or it could be a misunderstanding.
I for one love your posts 
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Totally agree.
Given this is such an issue maybe @SzAdmin has an idea?
Could we have a discussion around strategies to mitigate mental health effects caused by the exigencies of running a forum?
I think one suggestion could be an edit function on posts ? so people have a chance to edit their posts rather than just have them flagged or suspended when it could well be misunderstanding/poor wording?
Maybe there are other ideas ?
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I don’t care any more tbh lol, i actually encourage it 
i would rather someone choose the option to discuss it with me if they have an issue but thats not going to happen haha,
all i can say is that you will never please everyone
its not nice, especially if its innocent, its like i am being unfairly judged and have no way to defend myself.