I'm probably leaving

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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  • Dear Online Community users, 

    We are very sorry that our new online community platform is having these technical issues with an over sensitive spam filter. We understand why you are concerned.

    We would like like to reassure you our technical support team is working hard behind the scenes to try to fix this as quickly as possible. We have published a thread with more information here:  (Missing Forum Thread) 

    Please do contact CommunityManager@nas.org.uk if you have any questions. 

    We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We would like to thank you for your understanding and continued patience during this time. 

    Kind Regards,
    Rosie Mod 

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  • Dear Online Community users, 

    We are very sorry that our new online community platform is having these technical issues with an over sensitive spam filter. We understand why you are concerned.

    We would like like to reassure you our technical support team is working hard behind the scenes to try to fix this as quickly as possible. We have published a thread with more information here:  (Missing Forum Thread) 

    Please do contact CommunityManager@nas.org.uk if you have any questions. 

    We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We would like to thank you for your understanding and continued patience during this time. 

    Kind Regards,
    Rosie Mod 

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  • Rosie Mod,

    I'm sure you all are working hard behind the scenes, but perhaps you could explain to us, why weren't these problems picked up during testing and I am assuming that the changes were tested?

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    I'm fed up of having to be patient, especially when my apparent need for patience is because of the incompetance of others. 'Be patient' feels like another term for gas lighting, it effectively says yor concerns are unimportant, go to the back of the queue and hopefully you will have got bored and gone away before getting to the front of the queue again, only to to be fobbed off again.

    The fact that things on here seems to be getting worse and not better, dosen't inspire me with confidence or make me feel that this site is worth hanging around for.