Moving up the Mental Health Hub

[Mr Keshy]

Thought I might throw it in here instead of creating a new thread. But in the Support hub, I noticed that you can't edit or delete posts.

I was thinking that perhaps you should be allowed to remove your own posts. For example, what if you regretted posting what you typed and would like it removed right away?

Just a thought Actually, on that topic, what was the purpose of disabling all editing and removal of posts in the first place? Curious, that's all.

[Russ]

The anonymization process deidentifies your post from your account and thus you can't edit/delete posts because the system isn't tracking who made them

[slothpomba]

Thought I might throw it in here instead of creating a new thread. But in the Support hub, I noticed that you can't edit or delete posts.

I was thinking that perhaps you should be allowed to remove your own posts. For example, what if you regretted posting what you typed and would like it removed right away?

Just a thought Actually, on that topic, what was the purpose of disabling all editing and removal of posts in the first place? Curious, that's all.

I'm not sure if we "programmed" it to be like that, so, that might be the reason. Maybe the board can't differentiate between different annoymous posts. I know other forums are set up so they can do this (http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=659), you have anonymous #1, anonymous #2, etc.

That said, most of our modifications are now made by a professional coder, shouldn't be too hard to chuck on the list of our priorities.

[ninwa]

Thought I might throw it in here instead of creating a new thread. But in the Support hub, I noticed that you can't edit or delete posts.

I was thinking that perhaps you should be allowed to remove your own posts. For example, what if you regretted posting what you typed and would like it removed right away?

Just a thought Actually, on that topic, what was the purpose of disabling all editing and removal of posts in the first place? Curious, that's all.

We disabled the ability to remove your own posts because of a few selfish people who would make huge question threads that could have been useful to other members, and then delete them (maybe because they were SAC questions? or something).

Editing is disabled because when you edit, it comes up with << Last edited by [yourname] >> on the bottom, which defeats the purpose of anonymisation.

[Mr Keshy]

Thanks for the clarifications

[DavidB3ck]

We disabled the ability to remove your own posts because of a few selfish people who would make huge question threads that could have been useful to other members, and then delete them (maybe because they were SAC questions? or something).

Editing is disabled because when you edit, it comes up with << Last edited by [yourname] >> on the bottom, which defeats the purpose of anonymisation.

*appends to giant to-do list*

[Fyrefly]

I agree, which is why I'm so reluctant to get rid of it altogether. In the first week I can see it's already helped a fair few people.

According to the lawyer I spoke to, the fact that we are primarily an educational website (i.e. we don't pretend to be focused on mental issues), and the fact that I put up that disclaimer, would all contribute to us having a good case. However, all it takes is one person to commit suicide after posting here and bam, you have a grieving family looking for someone to blame. Even if we had a good case, AN really does not have the resources to fund a legal action so all we can do is avoid it in the first place.

There was an online-survey-for-money website that also had a forum feature. A member of the website posted on the forum about feeling depressed and that they were seriously comtemplating suicide. They did actually suicide shortly afterwards, it made national headlines and somehow the connection to this particular website was made. Since then, the forum feature has been completely removed, and the website rebranded itself under a new name.

I don't want to sway any decision here, but keeping the Mental Health Hub in its current state may very well come at the cost of AN itself.

Any suggestions for what to rename it to? I like the "anonymous rant hub" idea.

I like the idea of "Anonymous Advice Hub". It's less rant-y, more advice-y.

[thushan]

Oh! We already changed it to "Personal Support Hub"