Things that are good to be done when upon this NAS Forum, Thanks

This is helpful!

You might be right. I wonder what they see when they look down on us?

I can't help suspecting that image has been edited. 

There is a whole batch of us one-off (I.e unique people) here,  using the phrase in another context...

i also like the visual imagining of a NAS cloud.... like a mushroom cloud... but much more beautiful and not destructive at all! 

Thank You for this answer. I guess I was just "grumbling" after all. But what I was imagining is something like an "iCloud"-NAS-Storage area, and that it must be some >65% filled with these one-off people...

But I was only wondering. Please do not worry about it. (I think that this Thread is ending, now...)

Morning DC

The forum serves many purposes, some people, I guess just want signposting to particular information or reassurance that they are going about things in the right way.

As you know, I’m here not only for the above, but also for the connectedness with others that is not always apparent in offline life x

The bottom of this Thread is unused, lately, and so I write this whimsy, here. I was wondering sort what percentage of ALL persons ever to subscribe to this forum only do so ONCE and then never return? Some I have seen twice, and never return...

It seems more appropriate to draw attention to this fact now, just as there are two (or more) SPAM-attacks which seem to have taken advantage of "old, forgotten" Threads. If a such a SPAM occured to someone "with a reputation of "the top 1% in the community", then they would likely still be reading and become very annoyed at it. I was just wondering. (Most single-time only posters are "I have a child" Threads. Not ever restricted to the "Parents and Carers", either, ever.)

(...Even when asked "Please let us know how you get on."... they hardly ever do so.) That is my "grumbling" over with, for today, I think.

Disambiguating Cynosure said:

So, what does "PM" stand for...?

I bet their middle initial stands for 'Project' (here it is). I'm often up in the middle of the night and have never met WebAM. 

Endymion said:

Are there disallowed names? 

You can't have a duplicate name (even with case changes), as that would be confusing. WebPM implied 'Deleted User' is actually not special to the system, just a workaround so people can keep an NAS account and what they've contributed but have their profile and nickname removed. There can be confusions: BBC 'Have Your Say' shows your own contributions as by 'You' when you're logged in, but people have registered 'You' as a name, and its variations.

Personally I think there should be a rule that names should include upper-case, lower-case and mythological characters of a different gender.

So, what would happen if someone joined the forum and decided to call themselves 'Deleted User'? Is this name disallowed? Are there disallowed names? 

Thank You, TrainSpotter. And in my also acknowledging DragonCat16 again... as it is put like this, I understand and so I shall write a bit more about it.

True enough, "Umpty I agrees" would be a bit grating. Two things about this. Perhaps I meant that, the person being replied to should post a "Thank You" for that Reply. They can vote up as well if they know how.

A second matter is best shown, I think, upon the old NAS Comments Thread. A lot of us became frustrated at it, and so when someone Posted something, the amount of support - even just a "Yes I agree!" - was what it took to get the attention of NAS (well, WebPM anyway). Maybe it counts as SPAM (!) (e.g. I agree, I agree, yes, etc.)... but they noticed it then.

 I cannot really say more than that about it...

Greetings to a new Poster to this Thread, a  "WebPM", never seen before, Hi and Wecome to the Forum and I hope that you make many friends here...!

Yes I am joking...(!). Thanks for that reply... So, what does "PM" stand for...? (Post Manager? Program Manager?) And what happens when you are on holiday, does "WebAM" come and take over for a bit, maybe? This Thread is not for problems/complaints, but if I had one, I would complain that being here takes time away from my playing Pokemon... (grumble grumble, pout...)

Good Fortune to you, Mr Webster! Thanks for putting up with us!

     ;-)

Here, try this one:

http://community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/12477/what-interests-you/72448#72448

...Only the " HTTP:// " was missing. We know this, now.

...I went back and looked over some of the Threads which I recall Miss BlueRay getting a lot of "DownVotes", but many are all (re-)set to " 0 ", there. I suspect "The Hand Of NAS", unless everyone re-voted... but Nothing wrong with doing that, though. The ones Voted Up are the same, I think.

Here is the link to Miss Spotty Tortoise's comment:

http://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/11521/mods-please-make-the-spam-stop/60603#60603

The problem with removing posts is, of course, what happens to any replies to those posts - but we can't delete the author and not the posts, because forum systems don't generally know how to handle posts without an author. So, the workaround is to create a "real" user called "Deleted user". Then, if a user needs to be deleted for any reason, you can first reassign the posts to "Deleted user". Theoretically, you could post a new message from the account of "Deleted user", but that would just be confusing!

What happens when an account is deleted depends somewhat on the wishes of the individual. We have single sign-on, linked to the www.autism.org.uk site and ultimately to our membership and contacts database. Someone who wishes no longer to appear in this Community won't necessarily be asking to be removed from membership as well, or even to lose the ability to get member-only services on the "main"/www site. (Of course, you don't have to be a member to register here, so that particular example would not apply to everyone.)

However, no, we don't allow multiple sign-in accounts with the same email address, so, in most cases, you couldn't re-register with the same address. Most forums would frown on doing this anyway, because it's not being open and honest with other users if you have two "personalities".

Hope this helps.

Ahh! That was the one! Thank you  : )  

(but I think the link didn't work)

There are 7 ups on this thread

community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/12477/what-interests-you/72968#72968

I'm pretty sure I've seen a post with 7 Up Votes but I can't remember which Thread it was on. 

I'm pretty sure that when a user is deleted (not sure if they were self-deleted or not) all of their posts remain because I've seen many, many posts by 'Deleted User' going back years! There is the option to track back through all of your posts before deleting yourself, I guess, and delete them before you leave but I haven't noticed that happening. 

I use the UP arrow for lots of reasons, not just to signal agreement with a post (in which case I usually would write something about why I agreed) but also sometimes because it was funny, a good comeback, an informative link, maybe it was something that I could relate to (but didn't want to discuss for some reason), and things like that. Oh, and for excellent photo's because I appreciate seeing them and I'm a terrible photographer myself. I use it a LOT! 

I don't use the down arrow very often but I guess if it's a post I REALLY disagree with (maybe because it's based on false information or something like that) I've used it, or a post that is insulting or insensitive or bullying.  

I think I've only used the 'Report as Abusive' thing once or twice and those were pretty extreme cases.   

It wouldl have to be quite an extreme post for me to ''vote down'.  I do disagree with posts at times but recognise that the poster is writing in good faith and with proper conviction.  However, bigoted remarks should be reported as abusive, and I have reported posts to the admins in this way on occasion.

I do vote up posts when they are useful and well infomed and add to the conversation.   However, I am sure it is 'too easy' to vote inadvertantly and sometimes a post can be disliked/liked by mistake. 

I remember a comment in the letters page of a music publication many years ago.  It said 'We reserve the right to edit letters we like and ignore boring ones'.  And while not wanting to ever suggest there are boring posts here, I think we should reserve the right not to say something if we have nothing useful to add.  A post with umpty 'I agree' comments would add nothing to the original comment.  And I don't really agree with the remark in 'Bambi' where one of the creatures of the forest is told that if they have nothing good to say don't say it.  We should have the right to disagree with someone and say we disagree.  And as someone autistic I know how difficult it can be to be diplomatic, but if we do disagree we should do so constructively.

I do however think this online forum is an invaluable resource.  It also gives very good practice in communicating with others and using our knowledge and experience to help others as well as to share problems with others (a probem shared being a problem halved). 

43 and a third... not sure how that translates in elephant years?

... this however fluctuates depending on the day of the week.. that strange phenomenon called time..and also I have moments of immaturity as a reflux reaction to being a performing NT pleaser most of the time with an itch to ditch my mask!

intriging question.... I am also currently self diagnosed and saving my elephant peanuts for a private diagnosis

How sweet. Meanwhile, I'll ignore guideline 3 and ask if you're long in the tooth.

Yours

baldy git