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The Fediverse has a Mental Health Problem (scribe.rip)

submitted 1 year ago by Cube6392@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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This is a very interesting article about the long-term sustainability of the Fediverse for moderators, administrators, and developers. We've already had two of our lovely Beehaw admins take breaks to take care of themselves as they experience the burnout associated with maintaining a community, and I think for a lot of use we already know how exhausting it can be to take a center stage position in an online community.

Unfortunately, I don't have any great starting points for what to do, but at least talking about it is a start.

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[–] gabe@literature.cafe 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t think people really realize just badly the pandemic affected peoples mental health and how that impact hasn’t really decreased much at all

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think even before that, there were major issues. The pandemic just made it so we couldn't ignore them any longer. Which is ridiculous given how much people were acting out. But now everyone is aware of how important it is, because so many were trapped with their own thoughts and/or monotony. Even so, our governments paid lip service and then failed to make meaningful changes. My government cares more about getting people back into the office than making sure mental health care is accessible to everyone.

[–] gabe@literature.cafe 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. I became an adult during the pandemic, and the way mental health is approached towards children and teenagers is really really bad and has only gotten worse these past few years.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 13 points 1 year ago

The thing is, there's so many people that want to help and can change things. But they just don't have the access. For my grandparents, University was free and then when those people graduated, they slapped a charge on it. So we have less people able to afford to study it, let alone do the job where their open salary is now less than McDonalds. It's so stupid.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The pandemic just exposed the lie that in the worst case, the government, or your job, or someone in power, would help you.

There's not really much "going back" from that realization, especially when we can literally find news articles every day about how another politician is campaigning against us for one thing or another.

Today, for instance, I discovered that Arkansas had passed a law to make it possible to criminally charge librarians if they lend out the "wrong" books to people!