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📢 Support Chat will be closed tonight

Hey everyone,
Unfortunately Support Chat will be closed this evening due to mod capacity, but we will still be running Support Circle and General Chat. We're really sorry about this
If you do need support tonight, the discussion boards are here as always for you to reach out for support about anything.
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Do take care of yourselves and the usual chat schedule should be back tomorrow
Unfortunately Support Chat will be closed this evening due to mod capacity, but we will still be running Support Circle and General Chat. We're really sorry about this

If you do need support tonight, the discussion boards are here as always for you to reach out for support about anything.
If you need urgent support, call 999 or go to your nearest a&e. Our Crisis Messenger text service provides free, 24/7 crisis support across the UK. If you’re aged 25 or under and are experiencing any painful emotion or are in crisis, you can text THEMIX to 85258.
If you're looking for a distraction or a place to have a general chit chat, feel free to help us get to 20,000, share who your queer role models are for LGBTQIA+ History Month, or have a general chit chat with the community. You're also welcome to come along to General Chat

Do take care of yourselves and the usual chat schedule should be back tomorrow

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It’s really odd for this amount of mods to leave all at once. Has it got something to do with the merge and how it’s run now?
We know there has been quite an increase in goodbye posts from mods over the last few weeks, and each mod has their own understandable reasons for why they have decided to end their volunteering with The Mix. It's really sad when we see mods leave after they've contributed so much to our community, but it's also completely their decision and they'll have their own personal reasons as to why.
I think it's just how things have fallen - sometimes we'll have no mods leaving for a period of time, and other times (like now) we'll have a few who decide to leave. We can also recognise we're still pretty early into a new year, and people's time, priorities and lives might look a little different - and that's okay
I’m going to hazard a wild guess that this is having an impact on capacity and ability to run chats as well
My concern is that, without recruiting new mods (I will check the volunteer page before commenting on if this is the case or not) this is going to become more frequent, not less.
It’s not in any a dig at any individual mod who is leaving, like you say Katie they will all have their own personal reasons for that. But it is, imo, a reasonable assumption to make that it has to do with some of the changes being made, in some way or another.
Hopefully this is not came across badly. Just concerning and obviously fair enough if it’s purely their own choice - but it is noticeable and obviously would raise a lot of questions with users and assumptions. I fear you may not say the real reason if it was because of one of my reasons I said above but I’m just adding my perspective on to it as a long term user and wishing and hoping they are still being supported the same way.
I think it’s obvious what’s happening. We aren’t stupid lol.
Hi everyone,
You deserve to know the truth for why many mods are leaving so suddenly. The recent merger has created many changes. Some of which the mods do not agree with. Some mods have been treated poorly which has led them to leave. Us mods have been isolated from talking to each other. The mix is no longer what it used to be. Some mods feel like they had no choice to leave. We also get given phrases to copy which us mods don’t feel is very authentic.
I hope this answers any questions you have.
I will miss you guys.
You deserved more Em. Hugsđź’š
I hope staff address this instead of deleting it and pretending it was never shared. 🤷🏼‍♂️
pfp made by me
I won’t be surprised if they started changing every mods name to just “moderator” ( hopefully that doesn’t give them any ideas)
I understand completely if you don’t agree with how they’re treating this place now and hope take good care of yourselves. Your support has been very appreciated
( and thank you for letting us know) x
i think it was rather obvious that it definitely wasn't the same anymore sadly:( i hope use are all ok, use don't at all deserve to be treated badly - use have all been the most lovely and supportive people that make such a difference.
sending use all so much love, use will be so missed by us - but its very understandable why use have made the decision to leave with what you've shared em, its just sad that the reason for leaving is what it is rather than your own choice due to other commitments etc.
again, thank you so much for speaking up about the truth, i really hope you dont get any shit for doing so em🫶🏼
ive really enjoyed getting to know you and i will be forever proud of you em - you're doing amazing🌟
EDIT: i just seen @Maia post too:( its so unfair that use have been left to feel this way for sure - i hope that use being honest about the experience of being a mod doesn't mean use get into shit for it as use really don't deserve that!! thank use both for everythingđź©·
A lot of the mods on here have been so helpful and lovely as well and it's a shame to see them go because of the changes happening here. It feels like eventually they are wittling down mods and soon we probably won't have mods which will be awful and sad in my eyes because they are just as important. This might be me and I hope they don't get any ideas but I'm not surprised if they started replacing the mods with chatbots or even AI and that would be horrific.
I feel like themix have been sugar coating things lately and whenever we question things it's like "we can't discuss this" and I'm like why can't you?. What have you got to hide?. Maybe this is me being a highly inquisitive and curious person but something needs to be done. This is a community and we all need to pull together so we all get heard. I dint want themix to go downhill from here because its been such a great place to be and I have met lots of amazing people on my journey.
It's time something gets done but I know it probably won't sadly.
However @GingerEm and @Maia Take care of yourselves and thank you for your amazing support, it won't be the same without mods like you.
So, regardless of what happens to this thread and its posts, I really think a space for open discussion is important. I wouldn’t even call it a debate and it’s not about individual moderator or staff decisions, it’s a culture change across the community spaces as a whole. Dealing with it is a balance between open dialogue and not going into individual cases in public.
Im sad to hear this I'm so sorry hear this, you've all been nothing but kind to us and deserve to be treated fully positively especially when you give up hours and hours to help young people. Im disappointed and sad to hear you've been treated like that. Thank you for sharing the truth @GingerEm , seems like it took a lot of courage but good on you for sharing that, you deserve to share how you actually feel. @Maia if you see this thank you so much for your post too , you have been nothing but amazing to us, 1 minute we are having jokes, getting support and now it's going doen hill with mods being forced out. You would think, mods, staff, etc would get be a good for wellbeing support and be great but clearly not. Im very disappointed and sad to hear about everyone being treated negatively