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Online Community - Comments, Improvements and Feedback

Holly - Mod

Dear Community,

We were pleased to see so many comments about the community on the recent thread about the Leader Board. We are always wanting to learn more about how we can develop the community and so have locked the previous thread so that all comments and suggestions about general improvements to the community can now be placed here on this thread.

Please comment here on any ideas, improvements or feedback you have about the Online Community. 

Please note that although we take on board all your ideas, we may not be able to implement all of them.

As always, please be kind and respectful when commenting to each other.

Thanks,

NAS Moderators

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  • I was initially perplexed by the seemingly arbitrary points awarded to members. But now I'm disturbed with the forum points system. I don't actually pay any attention to it as it makes no sense to me. What purpose does it actually serve? But beyond its actual utility, there is something deeply disturbing about subjecting autistic people to an online popularity contest.  Anyone who has experience of depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, self-harm, bpd, OCD, etc. will know that being awarded points based on the basis of how popular your contributions are is far from conducive in promoting mental well-being. Quite frankly, it's something I'd expect to see on a gaming forum, but never expect to see on an Information, Advice and Guidance forum.

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  • I was initially perplexed by the seemingly arbitrary points awarded to members. But now I'm disturbed with the forum points system. I don't actually pay any attention to it as it makes no sense to me. What purpose does it actually serve? But beyond its actual utility, there is something deeply disturbing about subjecting autistic people to an online popularity contest.  Anyone who has experience of depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, self-harm, bpd, OCD, etc. will know that being awarded points based on the basis of how popular your contributions are is far from conducive in promoting mental well-being. Quite frankly, it's something I'd expect to see on a gaming forum, but never expect to see on an Information, Advice and Guidance forum.

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