CockneyRebel wrote:
It's because there are over 50000 people here and not everybody agrees on the same issues. Some of us embrace our autism and our differences and other people with that they were NT.
This.
Plus, if there were no conflict, this forum would not be as interesting to some. EVERY online forum has some form of conflict, for the reasons CockneyRebel listed.
I had a unique opportunity recently to create a message board for a passionate topic (unions for actors) because of the problems it was causing on an active board. I made it absolutely plain that fighting was allowed, and no one could tell anyone else how to post. The result - no one stuck around, not even the ones that complained about too many regulations on them at the previous board. My conclusion - fighting was only fun online when they could "bend the rules" - no rules to bend, no fun.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. -- G. K. Chesterton
Officially diagnosed autistic. September 2023, suspected since 2010.