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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  • I am also a long time user, contributor and am now using a different login because the old one isn't working.

    There does seem to be something cruely ironic to a "glitch" in a system that causes Autistic people to be accused of not following the rules some way, making them feel they need to leave a community that they might just feel a part of.

    Perhaps try and take a healing deep breath and hold on for a little while.

    I don't KNOW by any means, but I am pretty dam certain there will be a lot of people being paid good money to try and resolve this, so hang in there CatWoman, I think it'll return to normal(ish) soon. ThumbsupThumbsupThumbsup 

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  • I am also a long time user, contributor and am now using a different login because the old one isn't working.

    There does seem to be something cruely ironic to a "glitch" in a system that causes Autistic people to be accused of not following the rules some way, making them feel they need to leave a community that they might just feel a part of.

    Perhaps try and take a healing deep breath and hold on for a little while.

    I don't KNOW by any means, but I am pretty dam certain there will be a lot of people being paid good money to try and resolve this, so hang in there CatWoman, I think it'll return to normal(ish) soon. ThumbsupThumbsupThumbsup 

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