Anyone can be a Social Soldier! Find out more here!~ (OLD THREAD)
Welcome to the official forum thread for the Social Soldiers! Im glad youre here; youre amazing, and Im glad youre part of the community.
Introduction
The Social Soldiers project was created with the intent on eliminating the stigma that comes along with mental illness on social media, guiding those who are depressed/having a hard time/need someone to talk to right here to 7CupsOfTea. As Laura explained in her lovely thread right here, we need to be here for people who may feel as though they have no other place to turn.
What are Social Soldiers?
Social Soldiers are people that use 7Cups-designated social media to guide people in the right direction, hopefully leading them to the site where they can talk to someone who truly cares. They use the handles Twitter, Reddit and/or Tumblr, and check the tags for depression, or self harm, or anything along those lines.
Who can be a Social Soldier?
Anyone! Thats the beauty of this project; literally anyone can get involved with it.
What isnt a Social Soldier?
Sharing your own personal social media with other members/listeners.
Someone that shares their personal social media in this thread.
Just to debunk a question that may be asked, you can totally share your referral link on your personal social media handles, however we do ask that you dont share your personal social media handle here. If you have a big following on Twitter, and youd rather use your personal account to spread the word, thats totally okay, just do not share with other members/listeners your personal account. If you have any questions on this, feel free to PM me.
How to get involved?
Read through our post on the new team, to understand the changes a little more as well as to find the links to apply.
Project Leadership
@ArwaS - Project Leader
@Erato - Twitter Team Leader
@Yendi - Tumblr Team Leader
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Still posting to Twitter. It must be working--321 referral clicks now :)
Starting today!
If unsure where to go for help, talk to someone you trust who has experience in mental health—for example, a doctor, nurse, social worker, or religious counselor. Ask their advice on where to seek treatment. If there is a university nearby, its departments of psychiatry or psychology may offer private and/or sliding-scale fee clinic treatment options. Otherwise, check the Yellow Pages under mental health, health, social services, crisis intervention services, hotlines, hospitals,or physicians for phone numbers and addresses. In times of crisis, the emergency room doctor at a hospital may be able to provide temporary help for a mental health problem, and will be able to tell you where and how to get further help.
Listed below are the types of people and places that will make a referral to, or provide, diagnostic and treatment services.
Family doctorsMental health specialists, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, or mental health counselors
Religious leaders/counselors
Health maintenance organizations
Community mental health centers
Hospital psychiatry departments and outpatient clinics
University- or medical school-affiliated programs
State hospital outpatient clinics
Social service agencies
Private clinics and facilities
Employee assistance programs
Local medical and/or psychiatric societies
Ask.fm is another great thing to use. Using various searches on twitter, I got 700 referral clicks in 2 days :)
posted on my twitter, hope i can reach more..
Still tweeting about 7 Cups. It's a great way to reach out!!! New people are always welcome to join! :)
wow ! ! ! this thread is really amazing ! ! thank you ! inspiring :)
Though I dont have a specific account for 7cups of Tumblr...I have posted a link to my profile there
Thank you for your dedication to the site ❤ If you'd like to join the Social Soldiers, it would be advisable to create a dedicated 7 Cups account. It's okay to share your referral link on personal accounts, as this can't be traced back to you (and is what you need for referral clicks!), but when you share your profile, it compromises your listener anonymity and you can't gain the credit for bringing in members that you otherwise would.
Seems fair :) Will see if I can get a dedicated account Lyra . Thank You
I just submitted the form. Do I have to be accepted or can I just get started on making 7 Cups accounts on those websites right now?
@goodvibes16 Hello there! I will message you soon about your application but if you would like to start making a Tumblr account you can! we suggest either (USERNAME-7cups) or (USERNAME-7cupsoftea)
Oh, okay. Thank you! :)
@Gracey ,will who became Social Soldier be placed here? I mean, I don't want to create account and then just delete it. I want to be sure will I became or not. Thank you! 