Welcome to Through the Rain!

[Julia]

*note: You can reach all of the staff here by e-mailing admin@through-the-rain.org

Board Guidelines and General Information

1) Harassment and abuse:First and foremost, please remember that this message board is aimed towards supporting others and receiving support as we and others heal. With that said, we will not tolerate any form of abuse here, and we will do our best to ensure that any member who behaves in such a manner will be banned indefinitely. We will not tolerate other members purposely harassing or verbally abusing other members. We want to keep this community as safe and comfortable as possible, and we need your cooperation to do so!

2) Moderator & Administrator Decisions: Any and all decisions made by our staff have been carefully thought over and considered. We respect that you may sometimes not agree with certain policies implemented here, but we ask that you address your concerns privately to a staff member of the board. Furthermore, staff decisions are final. As said, we make our decisions after much careful thought and consideration, and we make them in hopes of keeping our members safe.

3) Member Age Expectations: We understand that anyone at any age can experience violence while in a relationship, but we also recognize that the topics that are started here may contain mature content due to the nature of the board. Therefore, we ask that any members joining are aged 14 and older.

4) The Nature of the Board: The staff running this board may or may not have qualifications to deal with people who are suffering through situations of abuse. We are not offering any type of services here other then a peer to peer message board that provides support to other survivors. We cannot be held responsible for situations that are outside the control of this message board. This message board makes no profit whatsoever.

5) Member Safety: Every member here is responsible for their own safety. Although we’ve negotiated the board to be as safe as possible for our members, we are not responsible for ensuring members going through situations of abuse are safe. We are here to help, but only to a reasonable extent.

6) Each member can have only one registered account here at Through the Rain©. Multiple accounts will be deleted and the member will be banned or warned.

7) Only one member can use the account they have registered.

8) Posting About Other Members: If you’re having any problems with other members, we ask that you do no post about them on the board. Any posts about problems with other members (even if names aren’t used) will be deleted and the staff will take appropriate further action.

9) Remaining Non-Judgemental: Our members are all apart of this board because they have been through something horrible. We ask that you remain respectful towards other members and we also ask that you do not make judgements based upon their stories, thoughts, feelings or their current situation. We are aimed towards healing, and any replies to topics or topics started that are not appropriately healing oriented will be deleted.

10) Triggering Posts: If a post is triggering, please mark it as such by placing a ‘trigger warning’ in the description. Also, if the post contains swearing (which is permitted) please make the effort to warn the reader in the description as well.

11) Posts about illegal activities are strictly prohibited. Please do not post about fantasies of murder or any other such illegal activities you have participated in. However, you may post about things that have happened to you, that in the eyes of the law, are illegal. Please use your best discretion in regards to this guideline, as we will be loosely implementing it.

12) Currently, this message board survivor-oriented. We are not, at this time, disallowing secondary survivors until we allow the board to grow a little more. A more definitive decision regarding secondary survivors and the board will be made at a later time.

13)Medical Advice: Please understand that forums where conversations of a medical nature come up are closely moderated, as posts asking for 'medical advice' will be deleted. Members of this board are not qualified to give medical advice to other members, although we do encourage our members to share their medical experiences.

14) While we encourage our members to reach out for support whenever they need to, we cannot allow our members to makes posts suggesting that they are considering suicide or are going to commit suicide. Posts of this nature can be very upsetting to other members, and cannot be allowed.

These guidelines can be changed at anytime, and are still being negotiated. Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in the staff making decisions they feel are appropriate. If you have any concerns, feel free to contact a staff member.

Thanks,
The Staff

[Julia]

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