I’ve lurked SS for about a year, I ended up having to make an account to continue to do so. I won’t get into the ethics of the site, I feel that there has been enough of that already itt.
The users themselves are far more interesting to me personally, now you have long time lurkers who rarely post, but these users are mostly innocuous. Many people use the site as a safety net, they like to know that suicide is always an option. I’ve seen similar outlooks from people in Europe who have access to assisted dying.
My main issues is that within the last year or so there has been more of an emphasis on calling out the ‘pro-life’ users of the forum. Users like Funeral Cry and her white knights are
very quick to jump on people who even
suggest that a user take a step back and wait a day or so to gain a clear head before taking their own life. Many suicides I’ve seen on the site have been impulsive, and encouraging them is dubious at best. Other users (Chinaski comes to mind, as I’ve seen one of their comments posted here), may a-log FC, but also like to cause discontent within the community by being utter cunts to people they disagree with ideologically. When these types of users are called out they tend to use bs excuses about other users policing their speech, when it’s quite obvious they’re simply being bullies, as harassment often continues after their targets ask to no longer engage in discourse. Basically using SS as a safe space to vent is becoming harder and harder unless you engage in rightthink (antinatalism, anti-religion, pro-troon, pro-incel, etc.) There was a tangible change when Rain and Sadness took over, not that having an incel as a mod was particularly great, just considerably less shitty than a troon using an avatar featuring a manga character who has her literal shit eaten.
Now, I’m not going to a-log the users or mods of SS anymore than what I already have. They are obviously desperate people who need compassion and empathy more than anything. Though, I do have my concerns that the site will not only face pressure from external forces, but also end up like numerous self-censoring subs on Reddit, where, Allah forbid, you have an opinion that deviates from the majority.
The only user I take particular issue with is DeathDuetoDysphoria (now rebranded as CantDoItAnymore), who is a suicide baiting troon from way back.
Link to one of his threads:
As the title suggests, I am "hoping" to CTB soon due to gender/sex dysphoria. I use the word hoping because there's always a chance I can pussy out and continue to suffer, but hopefully that won't happen. For reference, I am assigned male at birth (wishing I was female) and I am in my 30s...
sanctioned-suicide.net
It’s particularly annoying seeing people contemplating suicide due to terminal illness and loss of spouses/children, and this mofo bitching and moaning about how life is so bad because he can’t be a sexy teenage Korean girl.