[James]

Yeah, I don't like it either to be honest for the same reason that Sunny said. Also we don't want to split the forums up into too many sub-forums.

[Matt08]

Originally posted by James
Yeah, I don't like it either to be honest for the same reason that Sunny said. Also we don't want to split the forums up into too many sub-forums.

I think as long as the situation given isn't too serious like suicide or something then the advice forum could work.

[Sunny_01]

And you are not the one that has to moderate things when arguments break about about peoples sincerity when people dont believe them! It is far to easy for everyone to think they are counsellors and agony aunts when in fact we are all just keen to help. Who are we to decide which advice is good advice?

[Matt08]

Originally posted by Sunny_01
And you are not the one that has to moderate things when arguments break about about peoples sincerity when people don't believe them! It is far to easy for everyone to think they are counsellors and agony aunts when in fact we are all just keen to help. Who are we to decide which advice is good advice?

Childline don't have a rule book which says what advice is good advice, they have to use their brains and decide just like we'd be doing on here. If the advice was in a separate area then there would be less arguments because the people who don't want to give anyone advice wouldn't visit it.

[Sunny_01]

we are not an advice forum though Matthew and the people at childline are highly skilled trained counsellors who do in fact have specific advice to give to people about situations. I worked for a helpline very similar to childline for 3 years and am more than aware of the complex range of issues that can be presented and the training that is required to deal with them.

This is a big brother forum, dear denise is there for the problems not us

[Billy]

Originally posted by Sunny_01
we are not an advice forum though Matthew and the people at childline are highly skilled trained counsellors who do in fact have specific advice to give to people about situations. I worked for a helpline very similar to childline for 3 years and am more than aware of the complex range of issues that can be presented and the training that is required to deal with them.

This is a big brother forum, dear denise is there for the problems not us

But its not just a big brotehr forum. If someone asks me what tibb is, i dont say its just about bb. Its a community imo, the chat and games and general sections are just as popular if not more so, than the BB ones

[Matt08]

Originally posted by Billy

But its not just a big brotehr forum. If someone asks me what tibb is, i dont say its just about bb. Its a community imo, the chat and games and general sections are just as popular if not more so, than the BB ones

I think what has made this forum popular is the variety of other things on here.

[Sunny_01]

Matthew I understand the reason behind the idea I simply dont think it is a good one for this site, sorry thats just the way I feel and I will not support it as an addition to the site. We need to draw the line some where with what type of site we are.

Billy I accept what you are saying about your feelings about what the site is to people but it's primary function is as a big brother site.

[Matt08]

Originally posted by Sunny_01
Matthew I understand the reason behind the idea I simply dont think it is a good one for this site, sorry thats just the way I feel and I will not support it as an addition to the site. We need to draw the line some where with what type of site we are.

Billy I accept what you are saying about your feelings about what the site is to people but it's primary function is as a big brother site.

If Big Brother ever finished for good I would like to see TiBB turn into a chat, games and discussion site.

[Nicola]

Yeah I think an advice forum would work out best for general problems such as bullying at school or exam issues etc, as a lot of members will be going through the same things. I would also post advice lines such as Childline or Samaritans for any bigger problems or encourage members to speak privately with a friend whom they know online or offline rather than post about a personal matter that people might judge them on or think they're saying it for attention when they could genuinely have a problem with, say, self-harming. I often make the mistake of talking to people about my problems and finding that they're not always interested or willing to listen, or that I've gone on about it for the 100th time and they're fed up with it.

I often feel that there's not always a clear boundary between "General Chat" and "Chat and Games", but now I know that the "Chat and Games" is for fun topics that don't belong anywhere else and the "General Chat" is for conversation.

[Mark]

Sorry folks, not happening

As Sunny said, we need to draw the line somewhere in establishing what we allow on the forum. It seems like a good idea in principle, especially because the forum caters for a lot of teenagers -- but in practice it would a) be opening your personal life up on a public forum for all to see, b) be touching on subjects in which people might feel uncomfortable reading/participating about. c) the amount of topics created in it would be very low and as a Big Brother/Reality TV forum I could think of more popular discussion forums that would be more suited for the board as a whole.

We aren't saying you can't post any problems you are having... a lot of the time you will get some helpful replies, with names and numbers of places that can help you.

But as far as having a sub forum for it, I don't think there's enough demand or need at the moment.

And as for the confusion about General Chat and Chat and Games, maybe I'll rename it Fun and Games - if that would make it easier in deciding where to post?

- Mark

[Matt]

Originally posted by Mark
And as for the confusion about General Chat and Chat and Games, maybe I'll rename it Fun and Games - if that would make it easier in deciding where to post?

I think that's a good idea - it should help stop the confusion