hey there hexbear nd gang! it’s that time of year for the first time ever!
here we are once again approaching the end of the year according to the roman imperial calendar that we all have to use for some reason. it’s the winter holiday season in the global north, a time of great symbolic significance to many people.
and so, i want to solicit your thoughts about this community, what it means to you, how you’d like to see it evolve, changes in moderation policy, suggestions for thumbnail and banner images, or anything else related to the comm or neurodiversity in general.
or just come hang out!
i also want to invite applications for new moderators for this comm. what would you like to do as a moderator for c/neurodiversity?
personally i’ve largely been a placeholder, but i do love this community and i want to see it grow as a shared and safe space for our neurodivergent comrades to talk about ourselves and with each other. i also want to do better and want your input about what that means.
c/nd has a well behaved user base so we don’t need extra mod help for enforcement or anything like that. what i’m mainly looking for is fresh perspectives on community engagement and growth.
there is absolutely no requirement to disclose any personal information about yourself, just to make that clear. but if you’re interested in moderating this community, please contact @CARCOSA@hexbear.net, myself, and/or the other nd mods with an application.
if deadlines help motivate you, you have 3 days from the time you read this.
if deadlines harm your motivation, don’t worry about it. if an application comes in a month or two from now of course we’ll still consider it. this isn’t a job, i’m just asking for volunteers to help moderate a small internet message board.
Application
What is your Hexbear username?
Do you have any preferred pronouns?
What are your thoughts on capitalism?
What are your thoughts on imperialism?
What are your thoughts on trans rights?
What are your thoughts on racial justice?
What are your thoughts on neurodiversity?
What do think about current and previous protests around the world?
What are your thoughts on Veganism and Animal Liberation?
Do you have any experience with other leftist online communities? What did those experiences teach you?
What is your approach to moderation, and how do you work with teams?
How do you deal with online drama and people who try to start things for the sake of it?
Do you have any ideas for c/neurodiveristy community engagement?
What is your general time availability? (amounts, common browsing times, etc)
Element information
Element is a messaging app that lets you talk to people over the Matrix protocol.
To get started, check out this link, where you can choose to either download Element for your platform or, if on a computer, open it in a browser (“Launch Element Web”).
The instructions that follow are for the desktop application and the web application, but the process is similar on all apps:
- Press “Create Account”
- We host our own Matrix server, so if you want you can change
matrix.orgtochapo.chat. This is completely optional; users who sign up with amatrix.orgusername can still talk to people withchapo.chatusername. (Note: It ischapo.chat, nothexbear.net. Also, registrations aren’t always open onchapo.chat; if they’re not, just create an account onmatrix.org) - Fill in a username and password
- Hit register, and you’re done!
In the past year, three friends/acquaintances I know independently disclosed to me that they’re questioning if they’re autistic. As in, they reached adulthood without any kind of diagnosis. Two of them are also coworkers of mine. Would the book Unmasking Autism be a good choice to learn more? I think I already have a good functioning relationship with all of them, so I don’t think it changes much, but I’d like to understand it better anyway
I’m halfway through and it’s sort of life changing. Not only is he covering things that are very much me, but he covers autism and neurdivergence from a 10,000 foot view and it’s really helping me understand autistics that have various different sets of qualities in them that aren’t the same as my own.
I think I know me, and it’s helping me understand me in a bigger way than I ever could have imagined before my diagnosis but it’s also helping me understand my other autistic friends and by and large my big ass circle of neurodivergent friends in a whole new way. It’s really eye opening and I absolutely think you should recommend it for them.