That's a very risky thing to do. We're not councillors nor is there anyone on the forum to provide any sort of counseling.
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for your suggestion. We have deliberately avoided the word 'counselling' to avoid misleading people, because too many people will understand it as denoting a high level of expertise and almost infallible advice. The Advice and Support section is intended as seeking advice for simple problems from fellow members who have experienced similar issues, and providing consolation during times of trial. For anything more, we encourage people to refer to appropriate services like Shariah Councils or professional counsellors.
for your suggestion. We have deliberately avoided the word 'counselling' to avoid misleading people, because too many people will understand it as denoting a high level of expertise and almost infallible advice. The Advice and Support section is intended as seeking advice for simple problems from fellow members who have experienced similar issues, and providing consolation during times of trial. For anything more, we encourage people to refer to appropriate services like Shariah Councils or professional counsellors.
Alhamdulillah. I understand your explanation and am happy with it. Just one point - can you make a separate section for anonymous advice seekers, also write 'unregistered user' under the 'anonymous' title?
Did you mean giving the Advice and Support section its own category, so it's not part of the General forums? As for writing 'unregistered user', this might not always apply because a number of the registered members might also use that account.
Did you mean giving the Advice and Support section its own category, so it's not part of the General forums? As for writing 'unregistered user', this might not always apply because a number of the registered members might also use that account.
No not that section but just a section for anonymous users - maybe within that forum. The reason being that when the anonymous users are merged in the Advice and Support section it does seem like its one person writing, thats how I made the mistake. But if its all in one section then it will be understood to be different people.
I understand what you mean about the anonymous account... it does sometimes cause confusion, especially if more than one person uses it in the same thread (which isn't generally supposed to occur). But it is basically one account which anyone is free to use - users are not merged. If we made a separate section where there were multiple accounts, I think that could potentially also cause confusion. It seems easier to have just one account which we understand to be open to use by all.
If you have any further suggestions, do let us know. we will take them on board.
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I've just posted there to clarify that all anonymous's are not necessarily the same person.
sister,
for your input as well.
Thanks for updating and making it clear in that thread. I just hope that no one misses it.
As a fairly regular user, I used to see this anonymous poster and always think its the same person who had some multiple personality, lol, and then I always ignored the posts. But the day I replied to one thats when I made a big error, referring something from another anonymous poster to a particular poster, thinking its the one and same person; and then it was brought to my attention, thats when I deleted my comments.
I do hope that other readers dont make this mistake.
The other thing is that the signature of the account says, 'IB Forum Anonymous Account. Available to those who wish to be anonymous in the Advice & Support section.'
this will also help minimise confusion. If we think of anything else we can consider implementing that too .
The other thing is that the signature of the account says, 'IB Forum Anonymous Account. Available to those who wish to be anonymous in the Advice & Support section.'
this will also help minimise confusion. If we think of anything else we can consider implementing that too .
Yes this could be one option too, if its made bold and clear.
For the meanwhile, I cant think of anything else other than what Ive suggested, and your suggestion is also worthwhile.
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Separate section for anonymous counselling
we will take them on board.
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