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Lost its luster
I have been using this app for years. It’s undergone a lot of restructuring over the recent years. One thing I have found that makes me start to hate this app that I once loved and used to help me more than anything in my life is the censorship. We are not allowed to post anything within the realm of nsfw content. I think that this takes away from the original purpose of vent as a whole. This app was meant to be a place to vent all the awful and ugly and horrifying feelings that people feel. But now I can’t make a post that goes in depth with all the awful ugly scary things I feel or have experienced in my life. It has made me not want to use the app anymore sometimes bc I can’t truly VENT anymore. There shouldn’t ever be censorship of venting. People deserve a space to be real, to express the horrible things they feel and have been through, and censoring those things is just plain idiotic.Show lessNyxiknives
Not What It Used To Be
App is under new management and what was once an app for those struggling with mental health is now unusable for most with mental health issues. Does not listen with much compassion to its user-base. Hoping it changes for the better and user-base’s voices are heard.Forget~Me~Not~Okay?
It’s gone through an unfortunate change
A while ago vent switched owners and to keep the app running they changed a lot about it to match their existing apps. That’s all fine and dandy, but lately the #1 issue is moderation, with communication being a close second. The owner has recently released a new set of guidelines, meant to supposedly be more specific and clear up the communication issues between users and moderators, but it’s done probably the exact opposite. Now, non triggering posts are getting automatically tagged with a warning, presumably without giving any notice to the poster. Not to mention, these moderators have a clear misunderstanding of how mental health issues present themselves and what classifies as an actual crisis, leading to a lot of users feeling as if they can’t even ‘vent’ anymore.
The unfortunate thing is that these are problems that can be fixed, however the owner likes to brush of a lot of the community’s concerns and acting like him running the app poorly is somehow better than nothing just because he ‘doesn’t make money off of this app’ and it’s supposedly a passion project. There would be less issues if they were properly specific about their guidelines and actually have their moderators do their jobs consistently. I’d happily give a better review if they would just stop acting like us mentally ill folks don’t know how to keep ourselves safe or understand our own experiences better than the folks running the app.Show lessCam2052
Unmoderated, Run by flag-happy bots
Used to be a safe space where I found meaningful friends and community. I’ve been on this app for more than 8 years and for the first time I’m feeling genuinely unhappy with the state it’s in. The app owner makes calls that don’t make sense and then doesn’t explain himself to a rightfully upset userbase. Major updates to community guidelines enforce censorship to an extreme degree. Topics such as suicide, self harm, and eating disorders are all but banned on an app said to focus on open communication around mental health issues. Would not recommend if you’re looking for a place to truly vent about what you’re feeling. Highly restricted and unfriendly to the topics it claims to prioritize. Sad to see my favorite app for almost a decade in this current state and can’t help but feel that truly absorbing community feedback could fix some of these issues. While you’re reading this, I would recommend against Talklife too. Owned by the same individual and is even more restrictive, from personal experience.Show lessLongterm User002
support pedophiles more than the mentally ill
As a big time user of Vent (since 2016) and as much as I want to graciously give this app full stars, I can’t. The moderation staff will delete your mutual only posts and belittle you and tell you you have suicidal ideation after your vent gets deleted. Jamie Druitt does not know how to run an app let alone a business and he somehow manages to do both. The app is bombarded with pedophiles and bigots but the moderation staff turns a blind eye to that and instead targets their mentally ill user-base and bans them after they express unhappiness with their current situations. If you are a private account and vent, prepare to feel unsafe because the moderators can see everything you post and will delete your post if you so happen to mention arab.org or any self depreciating thoughts. SAVE YOURSELF THE ENERGY AND DO NOT GET THIS APP! Jamie Druitt is not a good person!Show lessfix your app its awful
not allowed to vent on Vent
admins literally deleted my post for being too negative. they dont have any time to fix the 6 billion bugs but they can immediately delete ur posts. i thought people were supposed to express their feelings, but the censorship is worse than any normal social media. dont waste ur time, the devs have abandoned this thing to die anywayShow lesstubbs4lyfe
Got groomed
4 timesJord4an.E
Whether you’re helping others or letting off steam, it works!
For a while, I was actually using “Muttr”, but since it closed down, I decided to try this … it did not disappoint. I’m still trying to adjust before using the app to actually “Vent”, but I also like being able to offer help to others in need. Definitely worth a go! 😊aspgirl21
Good app when you find the right people
I’m having an issue though, my posts keep disappearing from my Feed. It started happening as soon as I turned off boosted posts. They’re still on my profile and they’re still getting seen in Most Recent, sometimes at least.Coedianna
Safe space
I love this app and have used it for years. You can vent whatever is on your mind without fear of judgement. Just be nice to others and nothing can go wrong.Leighleigh500
