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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Becoming a listener was a great change in my life. I got to meet new people, and support those who need it. :) I also come onto 7 Cups everyday! It's amazing to recieve support from those you've supported. <3
Being a listener is so rewarding. As a human being, we all know everyone needs someone to listen to them at some point in their life. And this is a platform where you get to do just that. You get to help people.
Although I originally posted my referral link on social media for the internship, I was surprised at the amount of responses it got and it reminds me that there are really a lot of people out there who need a listening ear. Now I regularly re-post the link just in case someone who happens to need it at the moment could see it and reach out for help!
love being a listener on here
Being a listener helps me forget about my own issues and empathise with others :)
I will recommend this site to a friend of mine who suffers from depression.
Enjoy the life like nobody before
Nothing is important than your health no matter mentally or physically
Being a listener made me happier. I feel needed, like if I have some kind of purpose in life. I leave something meaningful on here. I am more than happy when I actually manage to help someone, its the most rewarding thing in the world. :)
@Cadence This is a great idea and i'm enjoying reaching out to people, but my one problem is that when you paste the 7cups link into twitter it cones up with the logo and "anxiety and depression support". that's great on posts about anxiety or depression, but sometimes i'm trying to reach out to people who've posted about other things, and i'm worried that might be a deterrent for them.
@confidentApple69 because 7 cups is that, but it's so much more!
Awesome idea
@confidentApple69 This sure is a great idea to advertise this to people in need :D
