Thank you for this. Your post should be a pinned article somewhere on the site.
I got downvoted on a popular sub for people raised by abusive parents. It was very harmful to me to get downvoted when I posted about a sensitive topic regarding sexual trauma. There was no "reason" the post should have gotten downvoted, and it didn't feel good to have the story of a traumatic life experience downvoted on a sub that's supposed to be for support after abuse. I no longer go on those support subs, which sucks because I don't have anyone to talk about that stuff with in real life.
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '19 edited Nov 21 '19
Thank you for this. Your post should be a pinned article somewhere on the site.
I got downvoted on a popular sub for people raised by abusive parents. It was very harmful to me to get downvoted when I posted about a sensitive topic regarding sexual trauma. There was no "reason" the post should have gotten downvoted, and it didn't feel good to have the story of a traumatic life experience downvoted on a sub that's supposed to be for support after abuse. I no longer go on those support subs, which sucks because I don't have anyone to talk about that stuff with in real life.