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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This is a great way to spread the love and cheers of 7 cups 👍
Being a listener makes me look at things diferently, i'm here for the members, to listen and support them, but at the same time to get to know myself and to get to know other people. I get very positive here on 7cups. It inspires me to see the beautiful in everything. I'm so grateful that this site excists and keeps growing!
It feels amazing to help people and watch them grow from not being okay to being happy and better! Its such a pleasure being here. Thanks for 7cups for giving a thought about people who need to talk and can't find anyone to talk to.
Being a listener has given my life purpose.
I love being there for people, I think being there for other people is essential to basic living and we need more people out there who is willing to sit down and listen and help others rather than hurting others and seperating the world. We need more love, kindess and just human connection/interaction.
Being a listener has helped me learn skills about compassion that I didn't have before.
I love make people see another point of view because there are always better one to see life in a positive way.
hey. I am new listener. nice to meet you
I've been spreading the love through word of mouth
Being a listener is rewarding in many ways. You get to help people from all over who are dealing with a varierty of issues and help them grow and empower themselves emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually just by listening to them. For me, helping other people is a passion. I also get something from helping others. It not only makes me feel good inside as a person, but it helps me to grow as a person as well and learn new things from everyone I interact with. It also makes me feel good knowing, if it may be only small, I have an impact on someones life in a positive manner. This site is not all give and not all take. It is give and take on both sides because we all can help each other just by extending an ear to someone in need to listen!