I'm a little surprised some people have an issue with the current running of EADD, the Mod team seem to have little conflict with posters and have handled some of our more challenging members very fairly IMO.
I do believe that we should have a mental health support thread, I thought we did TBH, TDS is very much a US forum so time differences alone make it more difficult for us to access, that said the mod team over there have been a great source of support to me personally. Many of us have diagnosed mental health issues, given they are so common it's not surprising but a forum to talk freely and provide some support has to be part of EADD, I need it for one.
Posters ebb and flow and contribute in different ways, we do need to be more welcoming to new comers, just this week I have been messaging a long time lurker who obviously felt that they couldn't join the club.
Maybe it's just me but I feel we are in a building stage, the place gets stronger all the time and there has been much less conflict which has helped me want to post a bit more.
Snolly getting the modship was great for the forum IMO and seemed a very well received choice.
In the end it's what you make it, I enjoy the inane and erroneous threads they appeal to my level of intellect, but I still see good information being shared about HR and safer drug use which could save lives or at least avoid serious harm.
I'm saddened by the deaths of some of our number and I guess the affects of those still resonate here, but we were here for those people had they been able to reach out, I know many people here would have offered support had it been asked for and probably did at some stage, that's how we roll %)