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I'm probably leaving

Mummycat

Or maybe only popping by to say hello now. Since the "upgrade", I've had messages removed as offensive, as spam and now they're threatening to stop my whole account. I don't seem to be able to get onto a log in page to change back to being TheCatWoman, so I feel as though I'm being punished. I've been told that one of my posts was flagged as offensive by someone and has been removed and another is under appeal, I've no idea what was offensive or against site rules in the post that has been removed, it was a fairly bland political post neither for or against anyone in particular.

Are we expected now to say nothing that could cause any possible offence to anybody?

Are we no longer allowed to express an opinion?

Who decides what is flagged? Is it one negative tick from one poster who may not like us?

Will we only be able to send vague and bland questions and thoughts in case "somebody" finds them offensive?

Well actually I find that notion offensive, the idea that there can be a chat board for a specific group of people, only we're not allowed to actually say anything that may help us make connections is absurd. I'm not a free speach warrior, but this does feel like normal converations are under attack, what's worse is whilst one may appeal there's no reasons or guidance given as to what the offensive content was. I'm left asking myself who or what flagged my post up as abusive and who or what decided to remove it? Was it human or was it an algorhythm? With no guidance as to how to avoid this alleged abuse, I'm left feeling hurt, confused, unrepresented and very angry, this is suposed to be a supportive place, not one that censors us when we're already a group that suffers from not knowing social rules and have problems communicating to others.

This site feels very dystopian right now

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  • I couldn't log in with my original details, and then I received this message:

    A few days ago we emailed you about your user account. That message was to let you know about an issue with your account: The user was identified as abusive by community members.

    You have until  to send us an appeal using this form. Note that if you don't appeal this issue, your account will be permanently deleted on .

    I have no idea what message was 'abusive'. It is rather upsetting and unnecessary if this is all due to the upgrade.

  • in reply to Autistic Not Alien

    I received the same message last night, I found it upsetting as I’ve done nothing to warrant this. I have also had to create a temporary account.

  • in reply to Royston (Roy)

    It does feel personal and if I were sesperate for help and reaching out then being told my cry for help was abuse or spam would be enough to send me over the edge.

    Another thing I've noticed and this is why it does feel personal is that any criticism of this site seems to get marked as abuse.

    I think NAS should ask for it's money back from whoever unleashed this bug filled program on us, I've known many computer programmers in my time, people doing really important and/or complicated stuff that would cause accidents and deaths if it was released as buggy as this is. Was this new site ever tested or was it just thrown together and let loose?

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  • in reply to Royston (Roy)

    It does feel personal and if I were sesperate for help and reaching out then being told my cry for help was abuse or spam would be enough to send me over the edge.

    Another thing I've noticed and this is why it does feel personal is that any criticism of this site seems to get marked as abuse.

    I think NAS should ask for it's money back from whoever unleashed this bug filled program on us, I've known many computer programmers in my time, people doing really important and/or complicated stuff that would cause accidents and deaths if it was released as buggy as this is. Was this new site ever tested or was it just thrown together and let loose?

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  • in reply to Royston (Roy)

    Well they're not working hard enough then! I'm sure that most behind the scenes people work hard and are equally appalled at the slipshod programming., but it was still commisioned and payed for, Did those who created the program not know what they were doing or who they were doing it for> As has been said this has been planed for over a year and it's not fit for purpose, if I bought a product from any normal supplier that was this bad I have a right to my money back, a legal right, is this sort of thing exempt, bcause if it is it shouldn't be and sounds like a case for a legal challenge.

    I've written to the community manager about this so maybe we'll get some sort of explaination sometime next week, if not then I shall keep writing until I get a satisfactory answer. Maybe others should too, let your views be known, this site is supposed to be for us, it's users.

  • in reply to Mummycat

    Hi, This upgrade has been coming for the last year, I imagine it wasn’t cheap, I too would have thought it would have been tested. I don’t like to criticise as I know a lot of people work hard behind the scenes. Hope it all gets sorted out soon, I’ve missed your posts.

  • in reply to Mummycat

    "I were desperate for help and reaching out then being told my cry for help was abuse or spam would be enough to send me over the edge." - Yes, I made a very similar point in my 'appeal' to reinstate another post. People come here for support and validation, not to be told in an impersonal fashion that their views are wrong - autistic people experience enough rejection in real life.