08/21/2010 - Lux01's Message is a Scam

If you got the following message it is a scam so please do not contact this person or listen to their fake sob story.

 

(contact me by my email) luxeen_001@yahoo.co.uk Read more »

Sat, 2010-08-21 02:47 — Gabrielle

08/21/2010 - self-injury.net was down

Apparently something didn't restart when the server went down today so self-injury.net was non-functional for I don't know how many hours since I was basically not online for over twenty-one hours.

It's working again and I've added something in to have memcached restart with the server.

Sat, 2010-08-21 02:23 — Gabrielle

08/15/2010 - New Rules for Blog Posts, Statuses, etc.

Do not write suicide notes here. They will be deleted when I see them and, if a member makes them more than once, then they will be unable to publish blog posts without admin approval. 

If there is a misunderstanding with another member please clear it up with them through PM. Posts of accusation or contrition that sometimes involve suicide wishes/notes or saying that the OP will self-injure or wants to self-injure... just don't. 

The main site wasn't always as busy so I hadn't really moderated much but I think that was a mistake. Misunderstandings or fights should not lead to suicide attempts or notes or blog posts/etc. saying that a member has self-injured over it. 

It's a self-injury site and we can afford to look after one another's well being, not add to the guilt.

Sum it up:

- no suicide notes

- if there's an issue with another member, resolve it through PM/e-mail or by contacting the admin (me) Read more »

Sun, 2010-08-15 05:47 — Gabrielle

07/24/2010 - Going To Be Away

I'm going to be away for five days so adding people to the chat list and publishing the blogs from people not on the chat list will not be possible (unless I can get ahold of a laptop which isn't likely). If you're on the chat list you can publish your own blog posts so no need to worry. Things like poems, artwork, short stories, site content, etc. won't be published.

Will get to it upon my return. Thanks for understanding!

Sat, 2010-07-24 05:09 — Gabrielle

07/22/2010 - Self-Injury Research for Artists

 

I am a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Art Therapy Program (MAAT)
at Albertus Magnus College conducting research in order to complete the
thesis requirement of my program. The purpose of my research is to gain a
better understanding of self-harm and artwork. Participation involves
completing two pieces of artwork, writing a paragraph about each artwork,
and sending the artworks and paragraphs through the dshresearch.com webpage. Due to the
nature of self-harm, certain issues may arise. If you are having distressing
feelings, please find a crisis helpline in your area on
http://suicidehotlines.com/international.html .  This study may be
beneficial to you in that you may learn something new about yourself and you
may enjoy doing artwork. Read more »

Thu, 2010-07-22 12:30 — Gabrielle

07/18/2010 - Notifications Through Private Message and Chat

 

Somehow the connection between the chat room (which is hosted off the server) and the site went wrong and it was giving people attempting to use the chat an error. I reconnected it and it let my test account in that chat so it should be working again. If not, let me know.

Also, notifications through private message should be working again. This is tentative since I sent a test message and it worked but it's too early to tell if it's working for the member who reported the issue.

If there's any other issue that keeps popping up let me know. One off errors tends to be hard to track down but if the chat/etc. is giving you an error, just send me a PM or e-mail and I'll check it out. That's what I'm here for.

Sun, 2010-07-18 06:42 — Gabrielle

07/11/2010 - Default Skin Back (And How to Switch Back)

Somehow the mobile theme/skin became default. Not sure how that happened because all I really did was upload it and make sure it didn't have a logo. Ugh. Sorry for all the confusion!

If you're still having problems go into your profile and change skins to 'self-injury.net' default skin. I've also added a theme switcher to the mobile skin.

Sun, 2010-07-11 15:45 — Gabrielle

07/10/2010 - Mobile/Phone Skin Added

A skin for mobile devices has been added. It's supposed to detect your mobile device. If it doesn't detect your particular device, click on the 'Show Mobile Device' link on the left below the main menu.

edit (9:19 PM PST) - Tweaked a few things. You may need to delete your mobile browser's cache to see the new mobile skin. It should detect it automatically now and not serve the cached pages (which were showing the regular skin).

Sat, 2010-07-10 19:14 — Gabrielle

07/10/2010 - self-injury.net Twitter Page

self-injury.net now has a twitter where updates from the site are posted, as well as calls for research/interviews/etc. from researchers, journalists, etc. I will also try to post a little bit about my work on the site. Feel free to contact me through that though my personal Twitter is in my profile.

http://twitter.com/selfinjurynet/

Sat, 2010-07-10 01:08 — Gabrielle