It's been on my mind

Hello , there's someone here I won't name and they are planning their suicide
They are actively posting about it. I am not triggered , I am rather curious . Why are mods not doing anything about it ? Or is it allowed ? They didn't said it explicitly but the way they articulate it was so obvious . There's someone here or some people again not going to name them but they have been reacting 👍 to their threads. And see , I am not shaming or anything. I understand why someone would choose to do it. I understand why someone would think it through and so much. I also understand that the people who understand it perhaps understand what that person is going through right now. But.. them reacting like this almost feels like they are supporting that person who is about to harm them. And I am just like , if I could actually be with that person maybe I could have done something. Because they are clearing harming themselves.
Is it normal here ? I am not trying to generalise but YK I was just hoping someone would say something or atleast not react 👍 to the post they are posting about literally harming themselves. Does it make sense ?
I am posting it here because I am not that old here or perhaps didn't came across such things before. Would appreciate an honest answer.

Hi @congratababy. A more senior member might be able to help you with your question, but I'll give you my take on your question.

I don't know who exactly you are referring to, and exactly which posts, but I know some of mine, when I've talked about suicidal thoughts I will get a thumbs up reaction.

From my own point of view, I very much appreciate the thumbs up, as I take it as recognition and acknowledgement that I'm struggling. I do not in any way take it as someone agreeing with the suicidal elements, it is not a go for it statement. It is the complete opposite.

As I say from my point of view, I do not want to die, I become overwhelmed and become distressed, feeling suicidal is just my mind saying I've had enough at the moment. When I feel like this I just need to express myself and get it out of my head. I might do this on the forum, I might phone my sister, I might phone a crisis line and so on, until I've released those feelings and I calm down. The thumbs up help me, because I know someone has read my post and I feel that someone, even though I don't know them, has read my post - it helps, I feel like I had some peer support from other people who have felt the same way at some point.

I do understand where your coming from, as when I started on the forum, it did feel weird to thumbs up someone who had just written something like 'I'm so sad as my mother has just died', but I think, when you look at it, as I describe above, I think you might understand, at least from my point of view. Other members might have a different take on it.

That said, we all need to stick to the rules of the forum and you can report posts if you think there is rule breaking.

Just something else that might help, if you are ever really concerned and need to talk to a staff member on the forum, when you click on the forum home page, it is tell you which staff member is on duty. You can always send them a private message if you ever need to.

I see , I understand your perspective . Thankyou for letting me know .
I didn't report it because YK as you said I understood it too perhaps they wanted to vent . But still it was kind of odd to me . Now I understand .

PS . That person is very serious about it . Therefore I was worried . I hope it's just a passing thought like for so many of us . Let's hope they heal . Let's hope we all heal .