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New Forum - Spikey Thoughts

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I've taken the dog for her last walk, and am typing this before I take her back to her family Sob 

I'm not going to repeat what others have said, but

  • It's not NAS or NAS mod's fault. I put the blame firmly with whatever IT company has been hired. I hope that they do the moral thing and either charge less, or give a few years free support.
  • Blocked members. At least everyone who has been disgruntled here was able to get on in some way. My thoughts are with the people who got an abuse email, couldn't log on and have just run away. There are lots of regulars missing. F*m*ky, P*X*fx spring to mind, but there are others too.
  • Age rule. It should be 18, but I feel particularly bad for the regular member(s) who has had the rug severely pulled from beneath their feet. I hope that their life moves on and they have no need to come back next year, but if they do I will be happy to see them. 
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  • The NAS isn't a corporation like Google where you should expect a certain level of assurity. They're much more people like you and me who are doing their best with what they have. That goes to whoever they're able to hire to conduct overhauls like this. As autistic people, we tend to be more sensitive to disruptions in our lifestyles. So while, yes, these issues have been very impactful for a lot of us, assuming negligence on anyone's part might be an overreaction.

    In regards to the 18 rule, while upping the age limit does make sense, I think cutting out people who were already members involved with this community is a very difficult call to make, and I'm not sure that's the decision I would have landed on, myself. I would have wanted to make exceptions for the people who were already here and a part of the community, if at all possible, because exiling them like this could be just as harmful for their wellbeing as anything else that could *potentially* happen by letting them stay.

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  • The NAS isn't a corporation like Google where you should expect a certain level of assurity. They're much more people like you and me who are doing their best with what they have. That goes to whoever they're able to hire to conduct overhauls like this. As autistic people, we tend to be more sensitive to disruptions in our lifestyles. So while, yes, these issues have been very impactful for a lot of us, assuming negligence on anyone's part might be an overreaction.

    In regards to the 18 rule, while upping the age limit does make sense, I think cutting out people who were already members involved with this community is a very difficult call to make, and I'm not sure that's the decision I would have landed on, myself. I would have wanted to make exceptions for the people who were already here and a part of the community, if at all possible, because exiling them like this could be just as harmful for their wellbeing as anything else that could *potentially* happen by letting them stay.

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