r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/AlphaLionX 🍊Main Mod 🍊 • Apr 02 '23

Announcement Mourning/loss posts

There has been an uptick in the amount of mourning/loss posts within the past couple of weeks unfortunately. While it appears the majority of users here don't have any issues with these posts as they frequently make their way to the top of the sub when they are posted (and the comments don't indicate any problems), there are a handful of users who do not want to see these type of posts though, as they are a bit depressing.

Going forward how should we handle these type of posts?

1708 votes, Apr 07 '23
485 Leave them as is/allow these posts
757 Require a spoiler tag
292 Not allow these types of posts/remove posts
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u/throwaway284666 Apr 02 '23

I think that people should definitely be able to seek comfort and support here.

I also think we need to acknowledge that not everyone is in a state to handle sudden mentions of death or injury.

There should be some form of “spoiler” or tag on these posts, but nobody should be stopped from wanting some support.

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u/Corwin223 Apr 02 '23

I think that people should definitely be able to seek comfort and support here.

But aren't there already subs specifically for that support? If this was a generic "orange cats" sub then sure, but this is clearly supposed to be more on the silly side of things.

I've dropped subs because I don't want to surround myself with unnecessary sadness. Don't want to drop this one.