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NSHN Forum Support & On Topic Forums. Some additional boards are viewable to members only => Research Topics => Archived research topics => Topic started by: NSHN CG on May 19, 2009, 04:08:19 PM
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Are you 16-25 years old? Have you self-harmed or do you know someone who self-harms? Are you interested in taking part in a research project exploring the use of bulletin boards for young people who self-harm? Follow this link for further information http://sharptalk.part.icipate.net
NSHN support this study and are providing moderator training for the project.
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i wish i wasnt 28 and i was younger so i could take part
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Does this include people are currently 25 years old?
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I am sure it woud be inclusive of 25 but if you are unsure contact the researchers via the link.
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Am i the only one who can't manage to register for this??
The form on it just won't let me. I complete it , then it says I haven't. :devil:
Arrrghhhhhhh
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I had it too. I e-mailed the address on there and will await a reply :)
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yeah me eiter. said i hadn't done 2 of the questions that i had done
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Definitely worth emailing them if you're having problems, they're probably ironing out the last glitches and it'll be useful for them to know people are having troubles as early on as possible :)
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same. I tried about 10 mins ago and it said "Please tell us if you use information web-sites for advice" When I had! :I Gave up in the end and emailed the person about it.
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I've tried to join three times.. it keeps refusing because i apparently havn't answered questions that i have answered..
I'd really love to take part, but i don't know what else i can do exactly..
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Uh oh, seems we've all emailed them! I'm glad it's not just me that's having a problem with it, though! :)
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aaah i had that problem too! has anyone had a response yet?
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:icon_arrow: Merged the thread in Survivor with this one as the same questions came up :)
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Please stick with it and if you cant get in then try in a day or two. The researchers are ironing out things and the forum itself goes live in a few weeks time, so all you are doing first is registering for an account. And at the end of the day, the £25 Amazon voucher makes it worth it!
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Just a quick question- anyone know if under 18s have to have parental consent? Would definitely like to do it, but if I need consent I can't.
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It wouldn't let me do it either- please can someone let me know when they get a reply from their email.
Frozen- I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want parental consent, as I *hope*they realise it's hardly a subject we talk about with the parents. I think it might be different if under 16, but you can see a GP and keep things confidential, so I'm pretty sure it's ok.
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same. I tried about 10 mins ago and it said "Please tell us if you use information web-sites for advice" When I had! :I Gave up in the end and emailed the person about it.
Thats exactly what happened to me!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its annoying me!! :hissy:
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Got an e-mail back saying it should be sorted, and I managed to sign up :)
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do you think the voucher will have where it is from on it?
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shouldnt do hun- it will probably be just a code they send to you xx
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All done :thumbsup:
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Worked fine :)
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yup done and dusted. *cat*
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Um, I was just wondering if anyone had actually heard back from them? Have I been rejected or something? Or have they just not got that far yet? Sorry I just have another email address for all things sh related and it's a pain to keep checking it if there's no point.
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I was going to post saying the same thing, I haven't been contacted either. ::-\:
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+1 ^ me either
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^ me either! ha maybe they rejected us all ::P:
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I dont think that participants have been contacted yet aside from the inital acknowledgment. The study is due to start in a couple of weeks so I am sure they will be in contat soon.
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Oh i see! I thought they might only be taking a certain number of members, i didn't realise they had a date when the study was supposed to start. Thanks for that info Tania. Xx
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I'm in, there's an awkward air about it. It's quite interesting really.
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I'm in!
I know its strange.
But its just cause its not got loadsa people on it yet.
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I see you! I tried to send a private message, but it didn't work. :(
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Damn!!
Whats your username and I'll try send you one?
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eemia. Aimee was already taken when I applied, I'll be most bitter when she comes online. ::)
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Ok. I'll try.
Two ticks....
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apparantly eemia doesn't exist!!!!!!!! Argh lol
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That's what it said about you, even though your name was showing up along the bottom. I'm sure they'll iron the kinks out soon. :)
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There's a function for reporting technical errors - probably good if you do that when you come across problems with it so they know about them!
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My username has only come up as "parallel_line"...
Weird...
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Yeah, I saw that, thought it a little odd.
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it won't let me PM p_l or eemia
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also you Firenze do not exist!
Great! We've crossed over into an alternate dimension! lol
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I seemed to be able to send you a PM, Firenze...
Did you get anything?
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nope cant see it. whats the title?
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I'm in. Seems a bit strange at the moment whilst it's all getting sorted out.
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Awkwardangel hates the stupid sharptalk for not working properly!!! lol I can't PM or see anyones posts except mine, replies to mine and the ones that are guidlines! DAMN!
:raspberry: to sharptalk!
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I think the reason everyone can't PM each other is that we're split into three groups so perhaps you can't talk to the people in the other groups.
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that makes sense.
But then again I could see Aimee p_l and Firenze at the bottom and couldn't PM them. Just presumed they 're in my group cause I could see they were active.
Hmmm.... Dunno!
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^ I think I'm in your group Firenze- I can see your post in the discussions room.
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I would like a random in my group :( This feels like in school when you got split up from your friends.
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I started one, to not much avail.
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Yeah, he said he'd make me one too. I'm so confused.
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hehe, aimee.
booonnnggg! :frying pan:
;D
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haha. Will anyone else reply? I think they all need a :frying pan:
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Guys, remember that SharpTalk is a research study and it's brand new so any kinks will be ironed out - just let them know if anything doesn't work or goes wrong and I'm sure they'll fix it ASAP.
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I'm pretty sure I'm in the first one described there.
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Firenze - I've got the Support/Crisis room and debates/discussions showing up on mine. And it says group #3.
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No ones talking on sharptalk :(
Me thinks peeps is a bit shy ??????!?
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i don't know how i got it to come up but it did! lol it said Group #3 Forums. I can't even remember how I did it. lol
Yeah I saw your post too!
I think I'm spamming up the boards on the one i'm on too!! lol :spam:
theres like no one talking! not as good as NSHN i think. but then again its only been up a while.
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ooh I did it again.
I clicked on debates and discussions. then at the top it says home>forums> Discussion. Then I clicked discussion from that row and it came up with #group 3 discussion. if you do it you'll understand otherwise it doesn't really make sense!! lol
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I want to know what category matches up with each #number.
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*has no clue whos in her group*
is in group 1 (if im aloud to say that) discussions methinks
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yaya check you firenze
*is shy bout posting* :blushing:
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Yeah I agree. Hmmm....
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does anyone recon well get to see the finished research if we asked politly...coz im kinda interested in what they find
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has just written an essay i swear what was i thinkin on liers :/ am i aloud to say that?
all i know that wiht 2 appologies incase it cause dne unintentional offence it is 1,011 words long...i dont write thst much even when i have to
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No idea what group I'm in. Though can see a few of you over there. Thinking we need to get more talking!
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it seems like it's just an extension of NSHN atm!
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I think someone non-NSHN has started talking to me, but other than that it's all us doing the leg work, if there's an opportunity to add info at the end of the study for the researchers, I think this is a good point. Odd.
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im not currently talking to anyone really...i think ive upset someone tho
*thinks laying low may be good*
does anyone know where to put general feedback acutally bout hte site...coz idk nd i dont wanan seem rude or nething so i was wondering if there was a certiain place
oh and btw i know you lot cant see it so ive asked for a PM alert system because at the momnet you just have to check all the time incase someoen has PMed you....the mods say the techs are on it
hun that sounds liek a good idea even if we cant see it
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Or send a PM to one of their mods asking for a place for feedback :)
I'm sure you haven't Vampire, just keep posting and don't worry!
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"There are currently 3 users and -4 guests online."
-4 guests? mental. how can there be a negative number of people online?! eek
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lol I noticed that earlier too!
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I know what you mean.
It is flawed. But hopefully soon it'll start working better.
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yes but then there could be safety issues of not having a mod :-X
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the mods are irrelevant to the outcome because the study is about self harm support forums and how they help individuals who are members. So mods are irrelevant cause mods are on all forums.
Make sense? Hard to explain....
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But do having mods on this site for example in any way hinder the support processes?
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Without mods on any forum, things could very easily get out of hand, if a bitchy comment is made, and not deleted, it could get bitchier and bitchier, and someone could easlily be very upset and or triggered
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Says that I'm in group 1- with Aimee (or your alter ego eeima!). There's a few posts now in our rooms.
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Says that I'm in group 1- with Aimee (or your alter ego eeima!). There's a few posts now in our rooms.
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I'm with Firenze, not sure what group that is. Firenze you've done a great job of starting things off. Not really sure what to say myself though. It's bad timing because I'm struggling to know what to say here either atm. ::-\:
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I'm with you too Adriana. Seems quite quiet in our rooms at the moment- only seen NSHNers.
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How do I know what group I@m in?
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i wish i wasnt 28 and i was younger so i could take part
^^ i wish i was younger too
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How do I know what group I@m in?
When you're in the forums, at the top where is shows your location select "discussion" I think, and it'll say. I'm Group #1.
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*Is in group 1 under a different name ::)*
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I'm group 1 too I think :) aand under a different name IIRC
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damn sharptalk! lol
Theres hardly ever anyone replying or talking!!!!!!!
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that cool :)
*this_is_me* hehe
nd awwh aa maybe itll pick up a bit after a few more days :thumbsup:
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...remember that NSHN have over 2000 forum members and has been running for well over 5 years, whereas Sharptalk have considerably less members and has only been up a few days :P
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lol I just felt like whinging about it! Silly me! :frying pan:
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What group do you think you're in Firenze? Aimee and me think that we're in the one with only young ppl cos there's quite a few people posting and it says group 1.
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Yeah, that doesn't make any sense. Wonder if the pros have been told not to post for the first week or something? Strange.
Well... it's not that busy, but we've currently got 15 topics + 121 posts in the Support/Crisis room, 13 topics + 97 posts in the Debates/Discussion room and 3 topics + 70 posts in the Random and off topic room. There are 22 people in our welcome thread- excluding the 3 (or 4?) mods and 2 researchers.
What about your group?
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PM's are read? I guess that's fair enough, I've been using the PM function more than the forum I think.
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Woaw... seems like we have a lot more ppl actually posting for support.
*i just re read the rules and stuff........PMs are read aswell as posts*
^ what?! totally didn't read that bit!
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I thought (might be very wrong here) that the pros were going to have their own group for the first bit and we'd be mixed in later?
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I think that the pros are meant to be posting with us.
It says on the main website,
"We plan to have three separate discussion groups running at the same time. One will be made up entirely of young people with experience of self-harm; the other groups will contain a different mix of young people, healthcare students and qualified health professionals. This is because one of the things we want to do is compare how young people talk to each other when they are alone with how they talk when there are health professionals and students present. We will not tell you who else is in your group because that might influence the way you talk."
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im in group 1 but my name on there is catharsis... not sure why i used a different name though :l
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Hey, I’m in group 1 too! ;D
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SharpTalk seems stricter than here on NSHN. Cause I got a PM saying that my thread had been deleted. Fair enough I thought but I couldn't understand why. Cause it had all the necesary trigger warnings etc, and it was basically the same things I'd been writing on here. :trig: It was just suicidal thoughts etc. nothing horific and if it had been i would have put a trig warning.
Anyway... rant over.
I don't really like the format of sharptalk anyway , i prefer here . :hug2: for nshn! lol yeah, well its hard to explain what i mean so....hmm.
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Did they not give you a reason for deleting your post? That seems a bit off. I quite like sharptalk, but I think they're still finding their feet a bit.
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he said it was too graphic? but i hadnt posted anything about wounds. or in depth gross details of suicidal plans. it was just like other people post on here for example, when their feeling suicidal.
by the way thats not the reason that im not to enthusiastic about it. I didnt think it was excellent before. but its ok.
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Interesting. People have been finding mods very uninvolved in our group. ::-\:
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The mods seem to be very involved in our group- there's three of them that post quite a lot.
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I think we're in group 2 firenze.
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Hey all,
Not been on here in awhile, sorry, but have been involved in the sharp talk study, just wondering how others, that may also be involved in it are finding it?
Personally im thinking it is going well, still in its early satges, but everyone seems supportive and friendly enough, just hope it provides enough information to start changing peoples views of self harmers x
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does neone else find it that they dont wanna post...my groups frendly enough but im just cautious...neone else find this?
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I'm a bit like that Vampire, i find it slightly intimidating. I do post, but not as much as I did at first.
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I'm a bit like that Vampire, i find it slightly intimidating. I do post, but not as much as I did at first.
I quickly got intimidated by everyone after being shot down on a few things, so I don't post any where near as much as I did in the first week, I hardly post at all now.
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hey sorry to hear some people are not having great time on it.
The group I am in seems to be going on well, with nice group of people and mod's are really helpful too
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Yeah, I like our group. Aimee, you should give it another try- everyone seems to be really nice.
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^+1
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Hey. I'm in group 5 as well firenze. I see shadowlight from my old group 1 is there, but nobody else is online.
*liked the old group better* :(
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So's group 4.
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I'm in group 4... seems a bit quiet.
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Well it worked last time...
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I'm group 4
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I'm group 4
same here i think
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hey i'm in group 4, not so sure bout it, liked old group beter, feeling bit apprehensive bout it all :(
(missing u pheobe_monkey, thanks for pm) x
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Missing u too hidden_life. Crap that we got split up. I'm in with the pros now.
Keep pm-ing.
Btw, anyone started any support/crisis threads in group 4 yet. I kinda want to start one in group 5, but nobody else has!
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people have started posts in support/crisis in our group i belive...if that helps
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Yeah... I might start one now. We have plenty of discussion topics (thanks Firenze), but nobody's posting for support.
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thats fair...hope you find it help :hug1:
somones gotta get the ball rolling if ya know what i mean itll be fine :hug2:
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does anyone else im feeling real disorentated..the one person i spoke to ive been split from nd i dont recognise loads of people...does neone else find this change rather daunting?
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Yes. Definitely.... not really posting at all anymore. Don't really feel comfortable with the current topics either.
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nobody's posting much any more >.<
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I am also in group 5...
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a lot better. although it's still really quiet.
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The thing is it's now quite support focussed and I don't feel very comfortable posting for support or supporting others right now. I preferred when there was more discussion.
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It's not even about the researchers really. It's just that there are few enough users that I sort of feel in the spotlight. I don't want to say the wrong thing.
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i thought they were bringing it back if htey could get th funding
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it has?
thats news...so its not coming back? at all?
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i miss it already :(
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I used it for a while, then life got even more mental and I wasn't on RYL, NSHN or SharpTalk and I can't remember my password. Are we still getting the amazon voucher??
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I used it for a while, then life got even more mental and I wasn't on RYL, NSHN or SharpTalk and I can't remember my password. Are we still getting the amazon voucher??
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If you've filled in the survey they sent you, then you should get one. Maybe worth contacting them if you didn't receive it?
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So missing it :( It's defo coming back though they said.
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I never got sent a form!! :(
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mising the site so much :( threads seem to get lost quite easiy on here compared to there
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agreed
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anyone herd anymore about it?
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:'(
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me too :( ive heard nothing though u?
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Did everyone get the email today? ;D :hyper: If anyone else is interested, I did a wee ratch round for the DA that they talk about - and this is quite a good explanation... http://eamonfulcher.com/discourse_analysis.html
woohoo
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yay email!
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W00ts. Really looking forward to the feedback actually! ;D
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I think you'll have to send them an email hun...
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I think their funding ran out hun, sadly sometimes that's just how it goes. I'm sure they'd love to hear from you though and they'll be able to tell you more about what happened if you contact them via email :)
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I started reading and got sucked in, so I'll be looking at that instead of doing my revision!
I'm glad to see that they got quite a bit out of it, it's just a shame the site's gone.