yeah i am really confused with the new site.  i cant find anything, i was told that newer threads were not showing up and they were working to resolve this issue. i owuld like to just figure out how ANYTHING works now, site does look good but was the over haul neccesary?

ok, i found the threads from yesterday, they were on page 22/23 under general supprt in the archives, but nothing posted on today is listed there, although when i went to the website on my phone they show the new posts, i litterally posted something this morning and it wont show on here, but i see it on my phone, but i cant log on and post in my phone, weird. i hope this problem is resolved soon,

i cant PM anyone yet, apparently you need permission for that right, i think that is something only an administrater can do to message someone to tell them they are being offensive or something. but we can post more personal information, i am bothed interested and scared about that, not sure i want to share my real life, seperating the two was very useful asnd comforting, the fact that someone ehre who i talk to for so long can actually see my face and see the people responsible for all the things i have been through, they can see the face of my best friend... very scary, i will have to think long and hard about that

got ya, thanks curious, makes sense. thank goodness i have a buisness and personal email, i used my personal one here.

If we update our email addresses, does that mean that any of the current users can send us private messages at our personal email address? Not sure if I like that at ALL. Maybe I'm misreading what is written above. ???

Agree, Hepburn...anywhere you go on the internet you are "compromised".  I've always shaken my head when ppl talk abt the dangers of CL or FB in a site-specific way - it's the whole internet.  With the convenience comes the compromise of what in a less-techy world we thought of as privacy.  Ya can't have both!  Personally...I like this new format.  If you go into the edit profile section, you can hide your online status.  Gotta get back to work, but just had to say i like the new format - more than the old, actually.  Happy Friday everyone!!  cw

P.S. I AM a little annoyed that you have to do a math problem everytime you post, but in the long run I reckon it keeps our brains fit.  lol

The more I navigate, the better I like it. I also have no issues with PM and all that stuff, it seemed scary to me the way the old site was set up- so secretive- like hiding behind a cloak of anonymity gave people the power to abuse. If anything, there will be some actual moderating going on. Seems to me that some serious issues arose over the past year and changes were imminent, or trouble was on the horizon. I did not feel comfortable or safe posting anything after that fiasco took place. I also see that some of the more controversial nicknames are not here- and perhaps it will not be as easy to have- for lack of a better term- multiple accounts... if that makes any sense.

I haven't explored PM yet.  I may not participate in that here - we'll see.  Zarathursta - trust me, NOT laughing about the math - I balance my checking account every day with a calculator because if I try and just do the math in my head when I write it down, I make too many mistakes (once I walked around beliving I had $100 LESS than was actually in there, thank goodness it wasn't the other way round or I'd have been way screwed!!)

I originally came to AAC as a survivor of domestic violence needing support.  What really made that work for me was the "guideline" of ANONYMITY.

It was not so much a "guidleline" as a HARD RULE.  It was not about "You can be as anonimous as you want to be." 

The rule was basically "Posters to this forum may NOT communicate with each other outside of this forum" and doing so or attempting to do so or posting anything here that would facilitate that was grounds for being banned from the forum.  THat included sharing email addresses, discussing other forums (including FB) where we could contact each other, posting photographs, etc.

That simple rule was what made AAC, uniquely, a safe place for survivors of domestic violence or assault or rape or childhood sexual abuse to seek support and advice.

If that is no longer a rule then the safety is gone.

My question to the new admins is: WHat is the policy regarding anonimity here?