3 ms·
> Online community message boards where people with the same problems support one another Yes, that's what reddit does. > --moderated by professionals to cont
by monksy 8y ago
> Online community message boards where people with the same problems support one another
Yes, that's what reddit does.
> --moderated by professionals to control spam and abuse--are likely to grow, in my opinion. These will likely have mobile companion apps to simplify interaction through small screens.
Nope. Two things wrong with that.
1. Moderation won't and will not pay. People don't value paying for that. Advertisements put a question in conflicts of interest. Professionals require payment to survive.
2. Mobile companion apps: In general mobile apps are terrible due to physical limitations. They limit conversation and kill the context of what's going on. Also, again improvements to the apps cost money to develop and research.
- logfromblammo 8y agoPeople are currently being paid to answer phone calls. Clearly, people value paying for that. The salaries are paid from donations and state payments to the nonprofit company. Is there not a similar value proposition in having someone around to keep "You should kill yourself" messages off the suicide prevention message board, along with the scams and sales pitches? Instead of paying someone to answer the phone at 1-800-DONT-DIE, you pay the same amount to moderate suicideprevention.org/board . Don't know where you got the idea of it being ad-supported, but you are correct that it's a horrible idea. Not everyone is going to be in front of a full-sized computer in the middle of a crisis, but they are likely to have a phone. You at least need to have a mobile-friendly web interface for your support resources.