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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I don't use the media mediums that are options but I have put posts on my facebook and spoken about here.
7 cups is really great!
Really a great idea!!
Im doing my best to help guests and members on 7 cups
I think this is a really good idea especially on tumblr I always see many people who suffer with depression. I'd love to spread the word and be a social soldier .
@Unicornious
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.
This sounds great love sharing my experience to people in person tho so I'll stick to that since I don't use twitter or other media apps.
Hey this really works! I've reached out to 6 random strangers on Twitter and one reached right back. How good does that feel? Never thought of treating my own depression this way, but its working. Thanks everyone at 7 cups for all you do.
@benevolentSpring21
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.
Someone actually used the referal I sent them on twitter and it helped them :) Yay!
Thanks for this idea! I'll definitely try it out
Helping people is so much fun! Here for anyone that wants to talk or needs help!