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I remember asking him if he got my email and he said he never did. I wonder if he ever read it since then? This was back in 2010 during the whole mod incident. So for a while I thought the Contact Us didn't work. Now I realize it probably does work but he doesn't care to respond or check them. Now it's Contact Me.

You can always call him on the phone.

Alex sitting at poolside in California with bikini girls massaging sunscreen into his back "Hello?"

Well theres got to be some reason why he doesnt answer the phone. Or the emails.

Sliqua-jcooter, I want to thank you for taking the time to post what you have. As a former moderator, there is lots I've observed and lots I've been left to fill in the blanks on. Your information explains a few things.

Would it be logical to conclude that transferring to other software would save Alex a lot of money, and maybe even allow him to make money? In other words, he has incentive to do so ... And if he isn't actually doing it, then maybe there are barriers he, too, would rather not have, but they are what they are.

To those asking why Alex doesn't answer all those emails, I can only offer my guess: he's overwhelmed by it all, in the same way many Aspies get overwhelmed by the thought of cleaning a room full of boxes of papers. Inconvenient for the site's main Admin to be that way, but it is what it is. I do believe he has done a few things to try to improve things but there may be barriers in that process, too.

Roman, as much as I feel for your frustration, and that of the moderators, here is something for you to consider: if the moderator who took your pm rights had not held Admin tools at the time, making it an option, you would have been banned. Picking between all this time getting to enjoy membership albeit without PM, or not being a member at all, what would you pick? Be grateful someone had that option. The rights are on the list and will be restored when someone with the right tools can get to it. But if they live to regret giving you back your pms ....well, don't give them reason to regret it, because they won't have a take away option.

Try to look at the responses that Alex has received in the last few years; complaints about association with Autism Speaks, complaints about every problem with the site. I'm sure there are a core group of members that support him, but there are probably many that don't even concern themselves with who is is at this point and what the history of the website is.

How many times do we see a thank you Alex comment for providing this avenue for support; not often.

Hopefully he doesn't get to the point, where it is no longer worth the effort of what he is able to do for the site at this point in his life.

From what I have seen on other websites, this site is unique in that it allows many points of view; it's not perfect, but it is the best avenue of support that I see for people with Aspergers, in general.

If he ever decides to give it up, I doubt there will be anything quite like it to serve the needs of so many different people.

I would imagine he is doing what he can, but we all need to remember he is just one person, that has a 16 hour day to keep his life in order, and he obviously has a very busy one.

Just remember he is one guy with Aspergers, not a business with paid employees; it would be best to enjoy what is here, and not bite the hand that provides that enjoyment. And that doesn't mean not complain, it just means not assume he is in it for the money now, and simply doesn't care anymore. This is very much a mom and pop operation, not superwalmart. That may be what he's trying to avoid.

There are already other websites that offer support. People come here because they like the format and feel comfortable. Would the majority like it, if it matched the format of other Aspie suport groups? I don't think so.

I do know that Alex has worked on a new version of the site, but if things had gone as I assumed they would based on the limited amounts I heard, it would have been up by now. My guess is something happened to stall it.

I doubt it's a hardware issue. It's a software thing. He doesn't need thousands of dollars to pay per month. That's just ridiculous. And if he really does pay that much, then Alex is really stupid and he's being ripped off big time. But I know he's not.

So why are we still running away from the real issue here?

It's a software thing. Plain and simple.

All that needs to happen is find a better platform and possibly a better server (if that's necessary), and a bit of time to backup the needed database files and other files (like smilies and such). Then find a way to migrate the code to the new platform.

All the customized stuff are mostly unnecessary to backup and try to migrate into the newer one, so it's not as difficult as we're all making it sound.

What is really needed is time and motivation from Alex.