What are your thoughts on group chat?

Hey everyone,
For chat break week, we'd love to hear your feedback on group chat as a whole. As well as being able to use the feedback form which we'll be monitoring through the week, we thought it would also be good to get a group discussion going in this thread.
Your feedback can be about anything from the way sessions are structured, moderated, the general vibe or atmosphere, the schedule, the software, etc. The possibilities are endless.
One quick thing before you start getting your thoughts down: any negative feedback about specific members or specific moderators should be sent in via the feedback form. If you want to provide positive feedback about someone, that's fine to go here.
So, without further ado...
What do you like about group chat right now, and what would you change (if anything)?
For chat break week, we'd love to hear your feedback on group chat as a whole. As well as being able to use the feedback form which we'll be monitoring through the week, we thought it would also be good to get a group discussion going in this thread.
Your feedback can be about anything from the way sessions are structured, moderated, the general vibe or atmosphere, the schedule, the software, etc. The possibilities are endless.
One quick thing before you start getting your thoughts down: any negative feedback about specific members or specific moderators should be sent in via the feedback form. If you want to provide positive feedback about someone, that's fine to go here.
So, without further ado...
What do you like about group chat right now, and what would you change (if anything)?
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I think it would be nice if the Mods and I think @Abigail would agree that if they were trained a little in Young Carers ?
Cool to see Italia coming out of the busy nest she has made for herself (Sorry terrible easter pun) and find her way into the light chats.
Speak soon
Abi
also mike should be fired
WDGSW (What didn't go so well:) Not enough mods for support chat- it can get ridiculously busy and sometimes people don't get heard, sometimes a lot of swearing or arguing (totally not me,) mods sometimes spoken to unkindly and sometimes photos don't work.
But cant train them in every single subject that affects people. Dont need knowledge to just listen to you plus mods aint the only ones to support people😊
Ah so sorry i didnt come on this thread to reply to replies lol i hope i dont come across as rude. I just like to add my thoughts / discuss 😊
And my opinion is i love chat!!!! 😊😊 and great place to go for support and to be listened to. And mods are great and members and nice place to go to to vent about your days stress. Though maybe some rules need to be a little bit more clearer.
Edited because i can never tell if my tone of vioce in a text comes across as rude. I hope doesnt seem rude
A lot of the time when i'm talking in SC when i start off i don't direct what i'm talking about to a specific Mod bu if they engage with me what i'm talking about that's when my comments become more Aimed if that makes sense.
Ahh i hope this doesn't come across as bitchy i definitely don't intended it to lol
I don't use support chat often so this will mostly about general chat:
Positives:
- mods are usually chatty, have a sense of humour and help lift you out of a bad mood.
- I think chat lasts a decent amount of time and also starts at a convenient time for most people
Negatives:
- Sometimes users in GC don't talk at all, I think perhaps some may be in more than one room or aren't willing to interact and it'd help mods and users to know who to engage with in chat if this weren't the case. Also, some people can be put off when chats look full, when actually the chat may not be and is just populated by users not paying attention to that specific chat.
- users who struggle socially sometimes aren't given enough to work with or any cues to help them interact positively, but I see this being handled well by themselves and mods and by other users most of the time in GC at least
Realising the negative feedback is bigger than the positive- I do hold a mostly positive opinion overall, it's just that critical feedback might be more useful!
Thanks for reading!
Ah like support circle?
Im not speaking about a specific time.- there have been a few times this has happened - when someone tells someone to stop speaking about something because they have been triggered.
I think online it can be easier to be rude without people realising it is rude. So picture this youre having a group chat in real life where people get together ; there are rules in place and all. Someone says something thats affecting them - someones like omg stop right there - do not speak about whatever that is because i am getting triggered. I mean thats rude. We should respect what people say and not involve our own thoughts into it. Because we shouldnt have to fear that everything we will say may trigger someone. Cause reality is anything can trigger someone and cant cater to everyones triggers. And can you imagine opening up about something for someone to be like okay stop im triggered. We dont open up to trigger people or to be told to actually stop and no one stops to think about how makes other person feel. Maybe it is respectful to not talk about what people said theyre triggered by. But its also respectful to just not say youre triggered in first place and should leave instead. To not make situation worst cause if we all say we are triggered everytime someone says something in the guildelines its going to cause too much shit.
As far as I'm aware, currently if something (within the guidelines) triggers a chatter, it's that chatter's responsibility to evaluate whether they can continue to use that space productively anymore, and to decide whether they can continue or if they need to leave that space for a while
@The Mix anything about that 'more to come...'?
I do think though its important to not be rude to someone based on their triggers, especially as in previous chats you have also said about being triggered by things...
overall yes yes there are chat guidelines but it’s a group space so we need to just try and all work together and think of everyone’s feelings and how we can make the chat work well for everyone.
I just think its always going going to be hard in a group chat with lots of people who are all struggling. We just need to have some empathy with each other and do what we can to make a group space work
The guidelines are there for the best interests of the group, and that is why @The Mix is always wanting to hear the opinions of chatters about how chat currently works, so that group chat can suit the group as best it can.
It's great for the group for chatters to acknowledge that certain topics you could bring up can be upsetting for others, as well as acknowledging that other people may come to chat seeking support about a topic you or others might find upsetting.
Ultimately, I think no one should ever have to feel like there's a topic (within guidelines) that they are not free to seek support about. I think understanding what to do when a topic is triggering for you can really help group chats flow and make them as productive as possible for everyone involved, and if you ever need clarity on that then feel free to PM @The Mix or ask a mod during a chat
At the same time, feedback about chat is always helpful and our opinions can forge chat into something more productive for us!
In my opinion and probably the rules too
I think this is reasonable