A Refresher On Rule 2 in GS (Be Appropriate)

Hello everyone! Welcome to this weeks refresher post about the rules in the Group Support rooms, brought to you by your Group Support Mentor Leader Eli! If you did not happen to see my last post please feel free to take a look here.

This week we will be discussing Rule 2.

Be Appropriate: Graphic, flirtatious and sexually suggestive language, profiles, links and content are strictly prohibited.

So.

What does this mean? And why is it important?

(Graphic Language) To break down this part of the rule it's important that we think about the comfortability of everyone in the room. Graphic content or stuff that is inherently violent or explicit can create an unwelcoming place to be for the people who spend time in the rooms, .. Since 7cups is a resource built to help guide people with various mental health challenges, it's important to be mindful that stuff like that is triggering to a lot of others and can make things uncomfortable.

(Flirtatious/Sexually Explicit Language) As far as flirtatious language goes, this can also be uncomfortable to the parcipants of the rooms as well, we want to remember that 7cups is not a dating site. There are plenty of other places you can go to date, but a huge reason why we do not allow it here is because it is a distraction from the primary purpose of the site, which is offering active listening in order to help others.

A good rule of thumb for Rule 2, if you wouldn't say it in front of Grandma, it probably isn't appropriate for the Group Rooms.

For any clarification on if your profile picture is appropriate for the rooms, please reach out to @MidnightRaven999

Take care and see you all next week!