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Mod note on 'Mod policy for providing ThereIsHelp link?'

Hey, thanks for asking about this.

My understanding is that we post or message the person directly with the ThereIsHelp link in situations when someone seems danger of committing or idealizing suicide. The most recent question wasn't explicitly either of those, so it falls in a gray area and looking at it, I think it's ok to leave it up since people are commenting about why it's not a good idea.

Being more liberal about posting the link is a good idea, so I'm mentioning it in the mod Slack to get everyone on the same page. Thanks for the suggestion!
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Oct. 1 at 6:27 AM to MetaTalk post Mod policy for providing ThereIsHelp link?
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