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
Find 7 Cups on social media here - Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest
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Took on a few chats today. Not much, but something.
hi friends... happy to be with you
Wow, this is a good idea! Hope will be popular and a thing on those sites..! :)
@StefanTheBoy
I really hope so too!!
@StefanTheBoy
You can read about Social Soldiers on this first post here: Anyone Can be a Social Soldier. Then, to sign up for one (or more) of the teams, you can fill out this form: Social Soldiers Signup.
So far, a couple people have been poked about it. I do hardly do referral links, however: What is important to me is helping, not the numbers on my profile.
I've started spreading the word among friends, on twitter and a bit on reddit the last day. :) It feels good to let people know about this website!
On to do my weekly posts on Tumblr :)
*twitter, not tumblr
Today I noticed more of my friends have been upset then usual. They always come to me but I do not always have the answers they seek. I sent out a mass message to all the ones who have contacted me and I plan to continue referring them back to 7cups. I also have it posted all over my Tumblr. I want everyone to be able to find happiness and I cannot give that but this site most definitely can!
Can we make a community sort of thing outside this website for the listeners who want it?
This is great, totally helpful. :)