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I don't really see what the point of this thread is.

What do you hope to achieve? It does not make anything better or change anything. It just puts people off as much, maybe more so. People already said what they wanted to say, saying it again is not adding anything.

Be the change you want to see:

1. If you want to make the place supportive, then post supportive stuff on other threads.
2. If you have an issue with a rule, debate and change the rule.
3. If you want to be a mod, try being a mod.
4. If you want to offer advice, offer advice.
5. If you want interesting threads, start interesting threads.
6. If you want to complain, offer suggestions and solutions.
7. If you want things to be positive, write positive things 

Stuart, I think I pre-date you here by quite a margin l spent a very long time here doing exactly what you’ve just suggested but with depressing regularity someone will bully on here and with equally depressing regularity the mods will make the wrong decisions about it and they never listen.

And frankly your clueless reply here is the final straw for me.

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l spent a very long time here doing exactly what you’ve just suggested but with depressing regularity someone will bully on here and with equally depressing regularity the mods will make the wrong decisions about it and they never listen.

If you'll allow me a little suggestion in the spirit of being supportive.... Maybe just accept that that's the way things are and engage in the posts that aren't so depressing. When all that "right of reply" stuff kicked off, I thought, "Eh, I'll just give this one a miss." I busied myself elsewhere.

We're a bunch of people with Autism and co-occurring RSD, PTSD, cPTSD, BPD, EUPD, ADHD, OCD, SAD, GAD, and a whole bunch of other TLAs (sorry if I'm leaving anyone out). It's to be expected that things will kick off every now and then. I'm frankly amazed at how courteous, supportive, tolerant, accepting and understanding people on here are in the main.

Deleted User said:

l spent a very long time here doing exactly what you’ve just suggested but with depressing regularity someone will bully on here and with equally depressing regularity the mods will make the wrong decisions about it and they never listen.

If you'll allow me a little suggestion in the spirit of being supportive.... Maybe just accept that that's the way things are and engage in the posts that aren't so depressing. When all that "right of reply" stuff kicked off, I thought, "Eh, I'll just give this one a miss." I busied myself elsewhere.

We're a bunch of people with Autism and co-occurring RSD, PTSD, cPTSD, BPD, EUPD, ADHD, OCD, SAD, GAD, and a whole bunch of other TLAs (sorry if I'm leaving anyone out). It's to be expected that things will kick off every now and then. I'm frankly amazed at how courteous, supportive, tolerant, accepting and understanding people on here are in the main.