I've been a member for 3 months and have received excellent information regarding diabetes from various members of this site which has helped me greatly to manage my diabetes type 2. And I'm very thankful for that.
My understanding of the current situation is that there is an issue regarding howinformation regarding complications has been written by certain people, rather than the discussion of complications itself. I understand that there isn't an issue at all about discussing complications, but there is an issue with the terminology used in some posts, which can be quite offensive or scary to some people, especially newcomers to the site who may not be ready to receive such information in such a way.
Just for the record, I'd like to add that although I'm a newcomer, I did not complain about the offensive remarks about complications, I simply ignored them. Nor did I know anything about the bannings until word got round online.
I've watched word go round in various posts implying that admins and mods are basically trying to stop any discussions about complications but that is definitely not how I've perceived the situation. My understanding is that they're not against the discussion of complications, but they are advocating more sensitivity in the terminology used by posters passing on information. And I am in total support of that because I think it's important for more longer established diabetics to remember that newcomers to the site may be in the very first stages of shock and disbelief and not quite ready to read some of the quips written about complications.
If I've got that right, perhaps one of the admins could let me know that I've read the situation correctly or not - if not I'm sure someone will come along to set the record straight as there seem to be so many different interpretations of the situation going round this forum.