IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

[tyme]

Hi forum community,

  We want to let you know about a short-term change to how we moderate posts overnight. We are short staffed for our night shifts at the moment, and will be training new team members to help, so posts made between 12am and 6am will not be posted live straight away.

What this means for you: 

• Posts made between 12am–6am will be held for review and released shortly after 6am. 
• From 7am onwards, posts will be moderated as usual and posts will be live. 

This will start from Monday July 7th and last for about 2 weeks; We’ll keep you updated here.  

We made this plan with consideration around what has the least impact to the community while maintaining the safe and supportive environment we all value so much here. We are really grateful for your understanding as this will allow for us to properly bring in the new staff for night shifts. 

While you wait for a post to appear overnight, it might be a good chance to check out some helpful threads such as:

• Help with Sleep  
• Mindfulness
• Winding Down

If you are needing extra support in those time frames these resources are available to you:

• Lifeline: 13 11 14 or Crisis Chat
• Suicide call back service: 1300 659 467 or online counselling
• If in immediate danger: 000

Thanks for working with us through this adjustment time everyone! 

[avant-garde]

@tyme - is this correct?

So for all the different timezones

NSW / VIC / ACT / TAS / QLD - 12am - 6am

SA/NT - 11:30pm - 5:30am

WA - 10pm - 4am

[MissinTooth]

@tyme I tend to use these hours a little...so thank you for the heads up! 

[tyme]

Thanks @avant-garde ! That's helpful 🙂

Sorry all those from WA and SA! I need to be more mindful!

And yes, this is only temporary. We've ensured the times are when the least posts come through to make this transition.

@MissinTooth