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yes for me personally lostmyway 

generally speaking the more people there are that might respond the chances of response improves and this is a big group of members

I also suspect that autistic people are maybe a bit more able to communicate with other autistic people than with neurotypical in the main.

The thing that does intrigue and also perhaps sadden me too is that of on the number of views compared with the number of replies for posts.

Looking at that it seems to me that whilst there is an exchange of views within the posts there may be a lot of people reading them without making comments.

I wonder a lot how these people are and what they make of the advice and thoughts shared and what they have to "say" too.

Phased said:

The thing that does intrigue and also perhaps sadden me too is that of on the number of views compared with the number of replies for posts.

I often read posts but find I have nothing of any use to say. This is especially true where a parent is asking for advice about their autistic child or if someone is expressing disappointment or despair. Where I have no experitise or where a person's situation overwhelms me, I don't post. There may be very many reasons why people don't post after reading something.

Understood Marianne72 and Alexa yes many reasons why people read and don't post.  Including not considering they can respond to "give something" to the OP, their garnering information and/or quiet affirmation that they are not alone.

A quick research suggests the numbers are in line with wider forums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule  albeit perhaps the reasons might differ between neurodivergent and neurotypical.

In truth I worry about and for those "quiet people".

It's reassuring that they might be finding the posts affirming for being autistic and maybe even getting a few signposts and explanations for how to navigate thinking and doing and feeling.

On the other hand there may be many who are under so much struggle w/r/to responding - formulating and putting forward a post being just too much for them to do - even for the more light-hearted posts.  Or maybe the fear of rejection which I personally have to acknowledge and suspect many other autistic people might experience.

To pick up on Marianne72 's lead here I hope those people reading the threads without putting finger to keyboard are OK and that they don't take my comment about the quiet people "negatively".

Understood Marianne72 and Alexa yes many reasons why people read and don't post.  Including not considering they can respond to "give something" to the OP, their garnering information and/or quiet affirmation that they are not alone.

A quick research suggests the numbers are in line with wider forums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule  albeit perhaps the reasons might differ between neurodivergent and neurotypical.

In truth I worry about and for those "quiet people".

It's reassuring that they might be finding the posts affirming for being autistic and maybe even getting a few signposts and explanations for how to navigate thinking and doing and feeling.

On the other hand there may be many who are under so much struggle w/r/to responding - formulating and putting forward a post being just too much for them to do - even for the more light-hearted posts.  Or maybe the fear of rejection which I personally have to acknowledge and suspect many other autistic people might experience.

To pick up on Marianne72 's lead here I hope those people reading the threads without putting finger to keyboard are OK and that they don't take my comment about the quiet people "negatively".