NAS = "Not Autistic Suitable"

Number said:

My friends (and acquaintances) from this place, acquired over the period of a few years+, seem to feel DRIVEN away from this place, at the moment.

I've been on here for many years now and do see there being cycles of people coming and going so I think this is just another one of the periodic changes.

To be honest the issues are pretty minor in relation to the benefit of the site for the masses  - there are rules around how the spam filter works and we know these now so a bit of better publicity would help the more prolific posters I think.

Once we know how it works it is trivial to stay within the guidelines and have our conversations, provide some support and maintain the community.

For the issues where we post support responses like the mods with lots of links, I think it may be better to link to a previous post which has these already - not a perfect solution but one that works well and does establish that the support links are endorsed by a mod.

Number said:

Is there value in being "subjected" to the current Zeitgeist here?

I see the Zeitgeist as being fluid (as is its nature) and it may just be out change aversion making it seem worse than it is - just my view of course.

Seeing how many new people come here with urgent questions of in desperate need of support, I think we still do an outstanding job given the limitations on what we are allowed to recommend, and the help is given in the vast majority of cases as it always has.

It is an imperfect situation but still one where the benefits far outweigh the negatives.

Number said:

My friends (and acquaintances) from this place, acquired over the period of a few years+, seem to feel DRIVEN away from this place, at the moment.

I've been on here for many years now and do see there being cycles of people coming and going so I think this is just another one of the periodic changes.

To be honest the issues are pretty minor in relation to the benefit of the site for the masses  - there are rules around how the spam filter works and we know these now so a bit of better publicity would help the more prolific posters I think.

Once we know how it works it is trivial to stay within the guidelines and have our conversations, provide some support and maintain the community.

For the issues where we post support responses like the mods with lots of links, I think it may be better to link to a previous post which has these already - not a perfect solution but one that works well and does establish that the support links are endorsed by a mod.

Number said:

Is there value in being "subjected" to the current Zeitgeist here?

I see the Zeitgeist as being fluid (as is its nature) and it may just be out change aversion making it seem worse than it is - just my view of course.

Seeing how many new people come here with urgent questions of in desperate need of support, I think we still do an outstanding job given the limitations on what we are allowed to recommend, and the help is given in the vast majority of cases as it always has.

It is an imperfect situation but still one where the benefits far outweigh the negatives.