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Possibly but now it's at the height of discussion again and we have a new thread all about it. If it has been left alone and not reinstated people would have moved on.

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 

Expecto_Patronum said:

I'm not sure what the point of reinstating it was though.

I suspect it is because the poster asked for moderator pre-approval before posting it, making themselves complicit. 

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I have added the definition of the word complicit here before someone comes along and tries to tell me what I meant.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/complicit

Adjective

Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature

Since people here are questioning it, it seems bang on target.

It has been locked and a message saying they acknowledge it has caused upset and that some of it has been found to be breaking the rules. I'm not sure what the point of reinstating it was though.

Hi Number, if you're still reading posts - just wanted to say that I remain here because I do not know of any other forum where I can chat to others like me. It's a shame people get put off and leave. Hope you post again soon.

I don't understand?

Hi A - it has been good to see you and Number posting here again. You and I have disagreed in the past, but we dealt with it between ourselves in a considerate way. 

If however someone feels upset or bullied by something that another member has posted and they are not able to resolve this between themselves, that is when they should report to the mods for assistance.

In the case of the thread you're referring to, the OP did contact the moderation team and they gave the go ahead for a post including an analysis of another member's posts by an AI. I feel that this was wrong, as it could be interpreted as a judgement by an entity which is not even human.

The thread has been locked, but in my opinion it should never have existed. It was not wrong for the OP to chat to an AI, but I feel that it was wrong of the moderation team to allow the AI responses to be posted.They should have dealt with it themselves.

Number said:

"we people" need time and space to just to allowed to be here, in the diverse company of other autists, without fear or favour of being corrected, lectured, attacked and "advised" all the time.

Good morning A,

Well, I guess that's "their" colours firmly nailed to the Titanic....or perhaps the "Titan" submersible....to be more up-to-date?! 

Earlier this year, I wanted to be sure that my increasing whining about COMMUNITY wasn't actually becoming part of the problem/problems that had become alarmingly evident in this place, at that time (to me) and that were undoubtedly, and unequivocally evident in the rapidly decreasing "numbers," diversity and activity levels here.

As you know, it is my opinion that "we people" need time and space to just to allowed to be here, in the diverse company of other autists, without fear or favour of being corrected, lectured, attacked and "advised" all the time.  We should all be entitled to just chat.....about whatever...hold opinions and express them.....in whatever terminology we choose, within the rules...in peace and privacy (if desired)....in my opinion.

As a "numbers man"......I had satisfied myself that my whining hadn't been a "material contribution" to the ever decreasing attendance and activity here.....many months ago.  I've just observed......until recently, when I saw something that prevented my continuing silence....then another thing.....then Roy left?!

Based on what I have witnessed in the last week or so here......the problem(s) run very deep, and VERY high!!  I simply cannot interpret the "rules" in the same way as SOME others here, evidently do......and that makes it unsafe for me here.

I don't think that anyone can do anything......management here continues to demonstrate their determination to stick on their current "pathway" of policies and decisions.  So be it.  It's sad for people of difference though, who need ACTUAL help and want ACTUAL human company in a safe and diverse environment.  I hope those people (our people) will be able to find it somewhere, in their times of need.

Have a good afternoon A.

I've have better things to do.

Move on until something like this happens again, and it will. It keeps happening.

I have edited both posts.

I thought we had got past all that nasty stuff and had been enjoying the forum this week until that post re-emerged. 

I don’t want to see that, or anything to do with it again. I wish people would move on.