Thread author moderator powers. ( Archived) (79)

Neither, I don't think.

The thread started out of curiosity of the guidelines for moderator powers and as to how people perceived the the thread moderator powers should be used. There are obviously differences in opinion.

There is also, however, a part of me which is curious as to whether I'm missing something. I have a concept of what is acceptable and what is not on the forums, but again there are differences of opinion.

I sometimes come across people who I think are obviously Aspergic, or autistic and I can see why some people find them weird, or scary even if I don't. I'm also aware that people sometimes find me weird, or scary. The penny is finally dropping that maybe people look at me and think, "Golly, she's soooo autistic!" but I can't observe myself in the same way I observe others, goddam it. Its so frustrating, it would make life so much simpler.

I'm aware that certain traits of autism don't quite fit in with the accepted social norms and I would like to, not fit in, I don't feel a need to fit in, but just control it better and use 'normality' when I need to so as not to offend others, if that's what I'm doing. Assuming that 'normality' doesn't go against my personal belief systems.

So, I'm not so much justifying myself, although I suppose that's intrinsically linked as I do have feelings, but trying to explain how I see things in the hope that I might gain some understanding of how I tick, or how others tick.


Thank you for that.

I suppose the unpleasant thing is that its a bit of a trap if people don't realise others can open them, like trial by public humiliation.

I kinda cringe when I see Newbies doing it without realising and like the thumbies that went, I think the hiding posts thing should go as well. It does nothing to improve the quality of the forums, quite the reverse in my opinion.