07/12/2013
WARNING: There are some things you should be aware of when you join this group.
1. There are a lot of very nice people here who would love to be helpful if you need information. However, a lot of people like to be snarky and even downright mean on the Internet, and most of them are here too. There are even people who come here for no other reason than to stir things up and make people upset. Don't feed the trolls unless you're sure that you really know what trolling is, and you really do want to get embroiled in it.
2. We don't have any rules that say people have to be nice to you (and that's not even what Radical Acceptance means anyway, so don't bother bringing it up).
3. This is a Facebook group (and it's only a Facebook group). It isn't REAL LIFE, and the same rules do not apply. Try not to take things so personally or too seriously.
4. The right to self-expression does not include the right to be free of the responses you get. Nobody is stopping you from expressing yourself by making fun of you, disagreeing with you, or even calling you names. Those people are expressing themselves too, and like them, you can feel free to respond however you like. If it bothers you, see #5.
5. You are responsible for your own experience and your own feelings. If you want a nicer, kinder, gentler version of this group, it's simple: identify the people who make you unhappy with their posts, and block those people. Don't respond to them, don't fret over their responses to you, just identify them as people who lower the quality of this community for you personally, and block those people. You can even block the admins if they make you unhappy, now that Facebook allows them to see what you post in the group even if you have them blocked.
