Things you have learnt on WP

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I am guilty of this but that's only because the rules are just about the same on every message board.

What IS an "innocent aspie"?

And what is a non innocent one?

("innocent" is used to mean very different things. Am trying to figure out how you are using the word here).

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Kinda the same for me.

Except that the first three I didn't "learn" from WP because they are all what I would have guessed was the case before I joined WP. Ofcourse autistics want to be NT (at least at job interviews, if not all of the time), and view NTs as social butterflies (because comparatively speaking they are).

That there are both upsides and downsides to both early and late diagnosis was a revelation (3 and 4). Some late diagnosers become successful but at the price of become very emotionally wounded and perpetually bitter and angry.

The sex ratio does seem to be somewhat more even on WP than we have been told should be the case.

And before I joined WP I never suspected that aspies and autistics overlapped with the LBGT community any more than do NTs, but apparently ASD folks are indeed more likely to be LBGT than NTs.

^Yeah, what the suited weasle said.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Perfect!

I am prejudice against prejudice people.

I've learnt that I need to shut my stupid mouth but I haven't learnt how to do that yet.

I have learned that there is a time when I need to stop posting but I love the look of my own text

-That not every forum has the same general social structure. I was surprised when I first joined here to see people refer to the creator of the website by first name and quite frequently may I add. On another forum I am a part of, there is a page detailing the story behind the website (including who created it) but the staff are primarily on equal footing/status. (Not that I’m saying it’s a bad thing that this forum works differently, I know this paragraph might come across this way but that’s not my intention. I’m just fascinated by website structures, and how this one in particular promotes users to view Alex as someone they know, rather than the typically distant approach which is common among forums. This is particularly evidenced by the emails that are sent out signed under Alex’s name rather than merely the forum title).

...I’m an IT geek with an eye for detail and an obsessive mind when it comes to analysing websites. Sorry. I’ll try to keep it to a minimum.

-Also, it has been stated that the best way to not become a moderator on Wrong Planet is to request to be one. However, based on the limited forums I have been a member on, it is common for members to put in a request to be a moderator and have the chance of being accepted. On a forum that I have been a member on since I was sixteen, becoming a moderator is a long process so people that aren’t completely invested in becoming one don’t usually tend to bother. You have to reach several different criteria, fill out two forms, consistently post, and then the existing staff will review your record (considering any strikes or other bad behaviour you may have) before responding (which can take up to three weeks). If you get rejected you have to wait a bit before you can apply again.

-That Sock puppet accounts and seemingly never-ending threads are surprisingly common. As naive as it may come across, I never fully realised just how much this type of thing goes on. However, there was once a scandal on the forum I mentioned above where someone faked their own death and created another account posing as a mourning friend. Staff noticed plot holes in their story (which was a five page thread) and decided to investigate, only to find out that everything was a complete fabrication. They shut down the thread and made a new one detailing their findings.

*Laughs* I remember when I thought a five page long thread full of lengthy responses was long, over here you get threads which have an unbelievable amount of replies. Ones that somehow go from a serious conversation to a discussion on cheese.

Cheese is an appropriate topic in any thread.

I've learned that I can't just have anything I want for an avatar. There are symbols that aren't allowed on WP and I've learned that I can't have certain symbols in my posts and my avatar.

I'm a moderator on another forum about the same size as this one, and to be a moderator there, you have to:

* Have been a member for one year or more
* Be there regularly
* Not have any violations, unless it was only a warning and it wasn't recent or serious
* Preferably not be a very popular member (this one isn't important anymore because it's hard to find people who want to be mods)
* Be nice to other members and follow the rules.

I've been a moderator there for two years, and in that time, about six other moderators have quit. They never stay much longer than three or four months. Most members aren't suitable for the role, so they don't get asked. Only one person I know of has volunteered, and she was accepted and is still a moderator.

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I have learned that Kiprobalhato makes cryptic posts.

I thought he just had narcolepsy and couldn't finish his posts