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Anyone can be a Social Soldier! Find out more here!~ (OLD THREAD)

Cadence March 21st, 2015

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

Find 7 Cups on social media here - Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest

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Angel75 January 2nd, 2017

smiley

smiley

MarehKitten January 2nd, 2017

I always love to do what I can to try to give people resources to help them. When it goes well it makes me smile that I played a part in helping.

KayleeSpring99 January 3rd, 2017

Helping people brings me so much joy.

charmingFriend40 January 3rd, 2017

Becoming a listener made it possible for me to share the love and compassion I've received here on 7cups wich brings me great joy.

MessengerOfPeace01 January 3rd, 2017

Being a listener makes you see different kinds of people and learn how to force yourself into accepting their differences to be able to talk in a non prejudiced way and help when needed

Power14 January 3rd, 2017

:)

Shinydays16 January 3rd, 2017

:]

SmileyLuna January 4th, 2017

Being a listener gives me meaning and self worth. It makes me feel as though I have a place in this world. 😊

shiningWinter67 January 4th, 2017

Being a listener allowed me to help people by being there for them to talk too, its a great hobby of mine to help people as it helps me too.

January 4th, 2017

Helping so many people here gave me a lot of satisfaction and made me happy. I am really thankful to 7 Cups.