Well, if there is such a thing as a requirement to be over 13, as long as we don't have a 12 year-old passing for someone in their forties, I don't see a problem. People have their reasons, and sometimes they're obscure to us, but that doesn't make them any less valid. As long as there's no intention to deceive, it's not dishonest.
I don't think I'm in a position to decide whether it is OK or not if the name is not mentioned, because I'm not the one making the rules. The only thing I can express is how I personally feel about it, and that's how it should be taken: as a mere opinion (mine being that I'm not comfortable with that action, but that's because I view gossip as the first stage of bullying // playing devil's advocate, I'll also add that just because I think it's gossip doesn't automatically make it gossip).
I'll try to clarify my last comment, although to do so properly, it would help to know which part you don't fully understand.
- I personally don't have a problem with birthdays that may or may not be accurate.
- I do have a problem with gossip in general, whatever the topic and whoever the subject are.
- On my scale of "breach of trust" misdemeanors, what ranks highest is if I were ever to find that there is an NT pretending to be on the spectrum.
- I did not, however, have self-diagnosis in mind, I was thinking of people coming here deliberately to troll, which I haven't seen happen in my few months here. Regarding self-diagnosis, I'd like to clarify that most actual AS people who self-diagnose have done so quite accurately, generally more so than professionals have, so self-diagnosis is not something I'm against or look down on.
I don't think I'm in a position to decide whether it is OK or not if the name is not mentioned, because I'm not the one making the rules. The only thing I can express is how I personally feel about it, and that's how it should be taken: as a mere opinion (mine being that I'm not comfortable with that action, but that's because I view gossip as the first stage of bullying // playing devil's advocate, I'll also add that just because I think it's gossip doesn't automatically make it gossip).
I'll try to clarify my last comment, although to do so properly, it would help to know which part you don't fully understand.
- I personally don't have a problem with birthdays that may or may not be accurate.
- I do have a problem with gossip in general, whatever the topic and whoever the subject are.
- On my scale of "breach of trust" misdemeanors, what ranks highest is if I were ever to find that there is an NT pretending to be on the spectrum.
- I did not, however, have self-diagnosis in mind, I was thinking of people coming here deliberately to troll, which I haven't seen happen in my few months here. Regarding self-diagnosis, I'd like to clarify that most actual AS people who self-diagnose have done so quite accurately, generally more so than professionals have, so self-diagnosis is not something I'm against or look down on.
