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16 Days Ago......an observation.

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Apart from classics like "3 Good Things", and topics like the British weather, aka "Batten down the hatches", and [shudder] Video games and generic (but more than worthy) "What drinks do you drink?".....I observe that an obscure bot-hunting thread has received more responses than any other here.........for over two weeks (16 days.)  This is NOT a good observation to make!

What do YOU think needs to happen here, to keep things rolling?...or at least interesting.....for any genuine human autist here (or who find themselves here).....all of whom I presume will simply want to be in personal contact with one another here?

Are my presumptions wrong?

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  • the only thing most of us have in common is autism ... and this forum doesn't actually talk about autism all that much. In fact if anything we are activly discuraged from discussing autism here. Consider the type of conversations about autism you would typically have. They tend to fall in to several common catagorise:

    1. Conversations about discrimination. - These tend to get legal in nature and run afoul of the no legal advice rule (No. 6).
    2. Conversations about public services. - These tend to either get legal in nature (rule 6) or political. And political discusions tend to get into teritory some people find disrespectful (Rule 7). If the services are medical it can also lead to acusations of breaking rule 6 again for medical advice.
    3. Conversations about interpersonal dificulties. - These tend to turn into discussions about blaim which can fall fowl of rule 7 or in somecases lead to accusations of political incorectness (rule 5). If the interpersonal dificulties are also sexual in nature it may lead to acusations of breaking rule 4 (offencive content).

    As autistic people we don't have a lot in common to talk about that isn't covered by the above 3 catagories.

  • in reply to Peter

    I think it's often forgotten that just because we're autistic, it dosen't mean that we don't have the same range of interests as NT's, I too find it hard to discuss things on here. Sometimes I just go for it though and to hell with the consequenses, especially with political and religious topics, someone always posts that these topics aren't suitable for the dinner table, but I'm at my computer, not the dinner table?

    How are we supposed not to end up in opinion bubbles if we're not allowed to discuss things?

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  • in reply to Peter

    I think it's often forgotten that just because we're autistic, it dosen't mean that we don't have the same range of interests as NT's, I too find it hard to discuss things on here. Sometimes I just go for it though and to hell with the consequenses, especially with political and religious topics, someone always posts that these topics aren't suitable for the dinner table, but I'm at my computer, not the dinner table?

    How are we supposed not to end up in opinion bubbles if we're not allowed to discuss things?

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