It is. And most of the people "on the ledge" at EC do tend to be in their teens. There was a period where it felt like we had someone on the ledge at least once a week. And frankly, I hated it. Yes, I did my best to talk them down, and I think in every case, we did. But it's stressful as fuck. I'm trying to relate to them, trying to get them to reconsider...all while dealing behind the scenes with other staff members to coordinate our efforts, and all while getting PMs from other well-meaning members imploring me to "do something". My night of offering friendly gargoyle advice while working on other things suddenly becomes a several-hour ordeal of phone calls and second-, third-, eightieth-guessed posts. Not to mention that I can guarantee that our "reward" for this will far likelier be a "fuck you" than a "thank you".
Do I think JUB has fewer of them because we're all better adjusted here? No. Part of it presumably is due to the greater percentage of teens there. But I think part of it has to do with less traffic here...and frankly, a diminished sense of community. JUB at one point skewed heavier towards people who didn't just bare all but shared all. There seemed to be more sense of camaraderie and (cyber)friendships. Not that that doesn't happen now (or that it always happened then), but it does seem more...casual here than it did a few years back. Were I a relative newbie, I'd sense that admitting to wanting to give in to my suicidal feelings on EC would result in a fair chunk of support. And I'd feel doing so here would more likely result in popcorn gifs.
Lex
