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Well basically, this time I'd like to talk to you about a kinda embarassing subject, but its something I've been thinking about in the last few days and I must talk about it, because I'm also kinda confused to be honest.

Well basically, its about my presence on the WrongPlanet forums. It seems like although I believe I contribute alot, including creating many new threads which contribute alot to discussions and increase amount of discussions, there are still some people on the WrongPlanet forums who seem to be pissed off about me or about the way I choose to discuss some things, or the way I replied and so on, or the way I choosed to put something, with certain words. Lets just say first of all there might be a language issue, as I am from Israel and English isnt my main language. However, most of the time, this isnt the problem, because my English is more than excellent. It definitely cant be because of that. So the problem might be, with an attitude of some people on the WrongPlanet forums combined with my attitude. Its hard to find out exactly what it is, maybe intense disagreement about certain subjects lead to a bad situation. It could be something like that. Generally, I was hoping if you can please share what you think about me, and about the fact I create many threads on the forums, and the fact I choosed to discuss quite weird subjects in generally. Are you okay with that or would you like me to change the way I participate on the forums? I know its a weird question, but I have to ask, so I know how to be a better forum user, I think. Also, are you okay with the large amount of threads I create or do you want me to create less, or more, or what? Yeah, thats also something I wanted to ask about. Thanks.

I enjoy having you here on WP. I'm not pissed off at you. We all want to help you.

I want to see the examples of people possibly being "pissed off" at you. What did they say? I want to know what's led to you thinking some are pissed off at you. I haven't seen any offensive posts/threads by you. Probably, you are active where I'm not, and I don't see many of your posts/threads.

I don't think anyone would mind anyone else creating many threads. You can create as many threads as you like.

If you are too self-conscious on a forum like this, you can't say what you want to say. You should just disregard people that are against you, if any.

I speak my thoughts truthfully (apart from the lie thread) here. After all, this is an anonymous forum. People here don't matter in your real life. You aren't here to make friends, are you? Well, at least I'm not here to make friends.

I think your presence here is good. I see you as someone who wants to learn about life, so you start those threads.
I saw a couple of people pissed at some comments you made. I suppose when someone doesn't like you in a forum they're going to make it obvious, but those who like you are not.
Even though a few people went crazy over those comments , I think its best not to focus on your detractors as they might be acting like that for their own reasons.

I guess if you're outspoken and a bit controversial you're going to get hate, sometimes discretion is the best option... but then if everyone minded their P's and Q's this would be a bland place.

Some of the topics you've posted about can understandably be quite sensitive subjects for some people more than others, so you're probably just picking up on discomfort or frustration, rather then them actively disliking you. If you do piss someone of, there may be a good reason, and if so it would be good to try to understand it because we can all make mistakes and we can all try to do better. But it could also just be because of miscommunication or misunderstanding. Either way, I wouldn't worry too much. You seem to be genuinely curious about various topics and relatively open minded. I haven't seen you be rude or mean. We're all capable of unintentionally offending people or hurting their feelings or being ignorant in some way. If someone is pissed off at you, they could tell you, or you could ask them outright. But we can only do our best to understand, admit a mistake if one's been made, apologise and move on. Don't let it get you down or be too afraid to post.

I like your presence here because you create lots of different threads that are interesting and a lot of us can relate to. If it weren't for people like you, the forum would be so inactive, which it sometimes is. So we need more like you.

You're okay. Nothing really that wrong with you. Just a regular Aspie sort of guy

There have been much, much worse people on here....trust me!

I mostly stick to the L&D section these days & I don't read every post or thread there but I have NO problem with you from what I've read. Us autistics can have a hard time seeing & understanding other's prospectives & it's common for us to misunerstand others sometimes. We are autistic after all. More than a few of us(including myself) can be very argumenative & intolerant sometimes or at least come off that way. I don't think many of us have anything personal against you & if any do, I'd bet they have their own issues they're dealing with. You aren't responsible for their triggers & you can only have a real discussion or debate with people who are willing to hear you out & try to understand.

I like the topics you post (or at least the ones that I've seen so far). They don't seem to be intentionally inflammatory or anything. The users on here who choose to get into fits over relatively benign things are more of a problem.

I'm glad to hear all of that! Thanks for all the nice replies mates.

I create alot of threads because there are special subjects which interest me, and other people on the forums here haven't started a thread about it, so I did it myself.

There were a few people who had replied in some of my threads, and they disagreed with something and they expressed their disagreement in a rude way, so I thought they are pissed off. But even if yes, after all the replies you wrote here now, I'm not worried about this anymore. I thought I need to care alot about how other people are feeling or thinking about me, but it seems like thats not a good idea.

If I dont reply to someone specifically its because I'm generally busy or just didnt feel like paying attention to something specifically, no offense. I write on the forums in my free time, and I dont have alot of free time.

Other than that, I'm surprised I'm the only one or one of the only ones from Israel who participate here. Have anyone have seen someone else from Israel on WrongPlanet?

Is Alex Plank okay? I know he created the site/forums but I havent ever seen him around. Does he really have Asperger Syndrome like I do?

Actually...there was one Palestinian Arab guy. Havent seen him lately. But oddly enough I dont recall seeing any other Israelies on this site. Mr. Face of Boo is your neighbor to the north. He is a Lebanese Arab who has been a high profile participant on WP for a long time. Israel is a country you would think would be well represented because it has an advanced mental health system.... I assume. But for some reason I dont see many Israelies here. It is a small population country though.

The US is the biggest population on WP. The rest of the English speaking world (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) are all also well represented. But a number of non English speaking countries are well represented. Finland has a lot folks here.

I find that your threads challenge me to talk about things that I've never talked about before, and I like that.

I think I've seen an Israeli man on WP. He doesn't post often but he's been a member for many years. I think he posts Autism event information once in a while.