So what's the state of this community?

submitted by BusStopLurker from self.SanctionedSuicide

Haven't been following around lately as things get hectic community non stop migrating everywhere as bans begin handed out, and lack of time to just keep up with everything..

SS.net forum still standing, FTG TTG both down... how's the discord and slack servers doing?? and where's the rest of the crowd currently hang out at??

I used to lurk on SS when that's still a thing, honestly saddening to see this is the state of things as of now, everything fractured everywhere.

And to have reddit take away a place for us to not feel alone, and to have someone who understand us without spilling out platitude of "things will get better" or "just hang in there", but rather to genuinely understand us and feel the same way and understand our choice it is deeply (for lack of a better word)annoys me,

SS make me feel better, I remember whenever I feel down I would just go back to lurking at SS, somehow I feel better afterwards...

While personally I feel "better" about my existence now and accepted that I exist for no meaning and reason but I just do, and there's no harm in existing for a second longer if it isn't unbearable, I still occasionally lurk back to see how it's going for people over there and see it slowly deteriorate over time yet helpless to do anything...

Dare I even say SS helped me in hard times, if I am being honest, it probably did helped part of it..

Now back to the question, how's everyone and the community nowadays doing? and where have people been?

Maybe we should rally everyone to unite under one place again???(reddit suspension of SS probably did irreversible damage and permanently fractured the community)

BTW there's also some other reddit like alternatives worth looking owner here seems fine with us but dont see what's to lose evaluating other alternative, here I have compiled some alternatives I had used:(both have no SS community members there but we can easily move in)

https://notabug.io/t/sanctionedsuicide

Pros: No account registration is needed to post, federated p2p network, website based, open source and can host our own instance to evade bans from other instances, moderator-less(each "topic" has no mods)

Cons: Content policy(general follow US laws), can be banned off them, still new and in beta

and

https://getaether.net/

Pros: Ephemeral(content only last for 6 months), P2P mesh(seems to be "impossible" to "ban" someone so probably everything including methods discussion can be had), no TOS or Content Policy(but generally they prefer if it follows US laws)

Cons: Ephemeral(double edged sword here, good if you dont want something to last forever, but you cant also have something last forever), Application based(you must install an app to join the network and dosent seem to be any mobile port as of now), still VERY new and in beta(Like gotten out of Alpha quite newly), not much community ongoing there as of now

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[–]athrowforthecentury 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Mostly have given up. My life's in a strange place right now. Those subs were the only places I could go to for support. I have literally no one in real life. So when they were gone, a part of me went with them. I have no idea how to cope alone and it feels like my escapism is going to catch up to me eventually. That's all can really do now, escape into fiction for as long as possible.

I think the banning of those subs has shattered the community, and it will likely remain shattered for quite some time. I didn't even realize how much it meant to me until it was gone and now I feel like something is missing. I'd be open to other sites but I'll just lurk here from time to time. I like sites that are accessible and have clear rules. No moderation at all can lead to unpleasant situations - which is why I at least like some rules. But regardless, I don't know what to do anymore. I hope you're fairing better than I am.

[–]BusStopLurker[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i could say i "recovered" from it more like accepted that and moved on, probably gladly will take the "deal" if life take a turn for the worse and loose my family financial support

but for now i really dont care, i guess i could say i am "existing", not really living but just living for sake of existing

i still do come back and pay a visit occasionally, to see how things gone for others, most times i change name everytime that happen to maintain my anonymity(not looking forward to be manhunted down) people come and go and it's easy to mask in between

honestly dare if i say this is more effective then suicide watch, just let people talk out about their feelings, they will resolve it themself over time

reddit probably banned it just for sake of not being "unsightly for advertisers", coating it with "not supporting suicide"

also where are everyone now days? other than ss website forum

[–]BusStopLurker[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess i am just screaming into the abyss now...

[–]Hannahlovesdeath 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Busstoplurker isee u