Hi lemmy.world/c/autism,
We’re autistic and don’t believe in hierarchies. Here’s a 22-minute infodump on it: https://youtu.be/cuflpEQlFQk
This is your community, so we want this place to be your internet home, where you can be free to be your autistic true selves: share your interesting special interests, have meltdowns, be direct, expect others to be direct back, seek support for supposedly simple matters, make mistakes and receive compassionate feedback, be silly, and most importantly, feel included.
As moderators, we need your help. What do you want from the moderation team of /c/autism? Tell us freely. Don’t worry about upsetting us, saying the “wrong” thing, being “too much”, or whatever other unfair lessons we have been taught by society for being us. It’s okay. We get it. Talk to us so we can make this the best autism community we can make!
Some tips
Go to your favorite Lemmy communities, kbin magazines, subreddits, online forums, etc., see what you like about them, and then tell us to see if we can implement that here. Find what’s missing elsewhere that we could include here. Have discussions on our chat to brainstorm. Tell us more tips so we can add them to this list. Yours truly, The moderation team
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[1] Advertisments are against our rules 2 and 4
[2] We have a Helpful resources post that is curated by our other moderator BackOnMyBS
[3] Im not sure what you mean here please elaborate
[4] The Matrix space is checked by me every day
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I like having either tags or posts that start with the brackets (eg: [venting]) so you know what the poster expects in terms of responses. Are they looking for help or just venting? Is it a meme or actual discussion around a piece of media? It just sets some clear expectations at the start so the threads can be what’s most helpful or productive / fun
Exactly! I have read discussions on how to implement here better upvote/downvote systems than reddit’s. While it may work, it will take time to experiment and evaluate different ratios (1:1, 5:1, or no downvotes, etc.)
Rather than changing the weights of each, classifying posts is a cleaner way to manage and orient a meaningful discussion from the get-go.
ETA: As tags seem to not be a thing in the near future, what would be relevant classifiers for the community? Based on your comment and the activity I’ve seen here, these would make the cut: Vent, Help, Meme, Discussion, and Infodump
r/autism sub is very ableist towards high support needs people, maybe don’t do that.
Sorry to poke my head in here, but if you could point me in the direction on how to communicate better with my 16yo son who is “high functioning?” On the spectrum? He’s into “gangsta lifestyle?” But anyways there’s too much to unpack. I support him and love him, and I think he knows it but I’d like to be able to help him more. All the ? Marks are because I’m not sure of the terms or if they offend, I’m just trying to ask for help. Thank you
