I just found this piece for one of our users with anxiety who is chronically seeking reassurance, and who is not understanding the reasons we set limits with that. By all means, some of the reason why is because we have to manage our time and energy effectively here. But mostly it's because reassura...

A large online community like the Scarleteen Boards can only function well when everyone follows some basic rules for online communication. I felt like it was time for a little reminder in regards to "board etiquette" which will hopefully spark all of us to take some time to remind ourselv...

If you are here to ask that question, let me go ahead and answer it for you right here. Our policies and guidelines for every part of the site, including all its direct services -- boards, chat, SMS/text -- are listed clearly in several places on the main site, linked to on every page. When users re...