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Missing disability gamechanger?

I have noticed that one of the really helpful disability gamechangers on this forum @chiarieds doesn't seem to have posted for a while. I hope she is okay.
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I hope she is okay.
Sure she will be back soon and she is ok
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Hopefully she is just reading a particularly good book.
We of course wish them well and they have our full support.
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Scope really has to be careful, and yes I know it's a difficult line to tread but it seems to many of us that long-standing and valuable (to the community if not to scope) posters are allowed to just disappear when and I say this having thought about it some (Removed by moderator) are allowed to remain almost unchecked. There has been another glaring example of a repeated A.I. posting rubbish, surely scope has the technical ability to detect people creating multiple accounts, most other forum can do this with ease.
Scope should be the M&S of forums not the Lidl.
Your post also reads as though I have suggested you asked said poster to leave. Hmm.
@66Mustang and nor am I riddling. I don't have that information; wouldn't post it if I had as it's not for me to do so and it would strike me as rather odd if someone stepped back or left but set a finite date on that after which they would return.
Not that I'd think about things such as convenient glitches...
Come back @chiarieds
We miss you!!
I'm perfectly happy to in your own words "cast aspersions" because like a number of us I am extremely concerned that we are losing valuable people who give a lot of their time freely imparting their depth of knowledge, if they are cast into the wind they may well never return, and some of them are proving to be irreplaceable.
In short scope has to become more pro-active in supporting such valued people or risk the forum falling into free fall.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but i am genuinely concerned for the immediate and longer term success of the forum, we as forum members deserve some answers or else scope might want to consider the very future of it's forums, the reason I say this is because I know from experience that well managed forums go on and on, the others just fall by the wayside.
John
Hi everyone,
I’m sorry to hear that @chiarieds hasn’t been about on the community and I too hope she is keeping well and taking ‘a breather’ if she feels that is right. I know we all appreciate her thoughtful, well-researched responses and she undoubtedly brings comfort to many people on a daily basis.
I’m also disappointed to hear that many of you are feeling disillusioned with the moderating decisions made by the team. As established members, I completely understand your upset at seeing friends leave and any interventions that you feel are unjustified. You all share a want for this community to be the best it can be, and you have every right to express this.
Speaking as a moderator, I want to reassure you that our intention is always to do the best we can for the community as a whole. Our decisions are based on the gamut of information to hand (emanating from individual posts, emails, reports, feedback) and an objective as possible judgment by the team in line with the community guidelines. Clearly as humans, this process isn’t infallible, and I apologise for times when our moderation may have fallen short. We are equally as invested in the livelihood of this community as you all and are actively listening to your feedback to learn and improve our processes. In this spirit, please continue to send constructive critique to [email protected] or by posting on our ‘Discussion on moderation’ thread.
@woodbine – our support heavily goes on ‘behind the scenes’ via email and is personalised to the member in question. If it is unclear why a member wants to leave, we ask open questions to try and ascertain what has happened and to see if there is anything we can do to help. Whilst regards encouraging members to stay – absolutely, we make sure to express our gratitude for loyalty and contributions made but would always put forward the option of taking a break if a person’s wellbeing may seem detrimentally impacted by their time on the community. Again, if you have any thoughts on how this could be improved send them our way.
I hope you all have a good Friday and take care.
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