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Why Did Number Leave This Place?

Number

Dear Fellow Online Community users,

NAS purport to encourage the adult autistic community to share and talk here ...... albeit within RULES which they set ..... which is obviously both essential and fair enough.

However, NAS also readily, happily, shamelessly and without ANY warning, simply terminate any such discussions at will, even when they READILY and OPENLY CONFIRM that no rules are being broken WHATSOEVER at that point THEY choose to terminate a discussion.

If adult autists can't discuss what's on their minds HERE.......then what - LITERALLY - is the point of having an 18+ adult-only autistic COMMUNITY forum space?

If we are given rules to abide by, and abide by them, but are also subject to unilateral and unjustified termination of our discussions.....then there is ZERO hope for this place?

With utter disgust, and disbelief (again - within the space of 24 hours.......when I'm not even "here" any more!)

Number.

PS - I CERTAINLY don't want to discuss pornography in this place.......but I WILL defend the rights of those who do wish to do so, within the rules set by Der current Management!!

PPS - If you mistake the above for hyperbole - please take a look at the (now locked thread) entitled "What do you think about pornography from Autistic perspective."

Next-level Shameful !?

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  • Hi Number, the thing that surprises me most about all of this is the moderator’s statement that they locked the thread despite it breaking no rules because someone found it triggering.

    Folks, if the mods locked everything I find triggering then half the threads on this site would be locked. I decided it was better to accept this forum isn’t for people like me and walk away than to ruin it for everyone else.

  • in reply to Deleted User

    I agree A and Number, I think there must be a point at our rights to discuss freely things must outweigh the rights of others not to be triggered, afterall there's a very easy solution to there being a thread you find upsetting, don't look at it.

    I'm really beginging to wonder if "triggering" isn't past its best, its used so widely to describe something that people dislike or find uncomfortable and away from it's previous use as something that would cause extreme psychological discomfort.

    I know it's not going to happen, but I'd really like to know who those people are who got the thread shut and what their reasoning was? I often feel theres somekind of undercurrent here about shutting some subjects down and although I have my suspcions about the who and the why I have no proof and don't want to start off a massive spat. 

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    The member who raised it with the MODS (but defo didn't get it locked.....only MODS have that power) was kind enough to come here and explain soon after this thread went live......you'll see towards the bottom of this thread.

    I CERTAINLY don't have any problem with them raising concerns to the MODS - if they feel they want to - so I wholly support them in that, and they have my respect for coming here to explain clearly their position.  It all sounds perfectly reasonable to me - fwiw.

    The last thing we should want to see when talking about this stuff, is a witch hunt.

    I only seek clarification of how rules are being applied and what we should/could/want to expect from this place in terms of safety to express our own personal views and start threads as we see fit...and what "safety" from attack or "lock-out" we might reasonably expect, if we abide by the rules.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    The member who raised it with the MODS (but defo didn't get it locked.....only MODS have that power) was kind enough to come here and explain soon after this thread went live......you'll see towards the bottom of this thread.

    I CERTAINLY don't have any problem with them raising concerns to the MODS - if they feel they want to - so I wholly support them in that, and they have my respect for coming here to explain clearly their position.  It all sounds perfectly reasonable to me - fwiw.

    The last thing we should want to see when talking about this stuff, is a witch hunt.

    I only seek clarification of how rules are being applied and what we should/could/want to expect from this place in terms of safety to express our own personal views and start threads as we see fit...and what "safety" from attack or "lock-out" we might reasonably expect, if we abide by the rules.

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