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13 Feb 2014, 12:17 am

I use to be confused as being a troll on a lot of social networks.

Now I'm not really on many forums besides special interest forums. On a few of them I get called out for being obsessive but that is about it.

aspieZim
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13 Feb 2014, 2:33 am

I'm a complex person and I have many forums that i feel comfortable on for each facet or version of myself.
as far as I'm aware, I've got 3 people in me- I have a normal side, an aspie side, and a crazy psycho side.

over here I feel at home regarding my aspergers and all things to do with that, but my aspie side is very tied-in with my two other parts of myself.
I don't think there's any psychos or anything close to that here is I sorta feel like i'm the black sheep in the sea of white sheep regarding that.

I have some psycho forums i go to for my psycho side and i feel at home there but it conflicts with my aspie side

and i'm at home at several 'normal' forums that normal me is part of

since lately i'm all over the place and i jump and and out of all these different sides of myself i actually don't feel at home anywhere...
actually i'm so all over the place i don't even know who i am anymore

redrobin62
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13 Feb 2014, 2:50 am

I also post, or used to, on Personality Disorders - Psych Forums. I posted on their Asperger's threads as well as their AvPD ones. Lately I've been spending all my time on WP, though. I guess I like the format better.

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13 Feb 2014, 3:08 am

Ashariel wrote:

Reading through this thread, I realize (once again) that I lack a level of social awareness that some other people have, in terms of what goes on here. I honestly just blunder my way through, in a very naive and straightforward way. I see new topics and questions, and I add my own answer to the mix. It's as simple as that for me, and if my contribution comes across as narcissistic or attention-seeking – that honestly was never my intention. I see all people as having equal value, myself included.

It is the same for me. And I think that is why I have never had any problems so far and probably never will on any of the forums I am on. And why I see little difference between WP which is mainly autistic adults and the other two sites im on (as big as this one), which is mainly NT teenagers.
tbh it seems like some people just seem to look for trouble and problems that I am usually blissfully ignorant of.

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13 Feb 2014, 3:14 am

Nah, often people don't look for trouble, it just keeps coming up.

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13 Feb 2014, 3:26 am

Verdandi wrote:

Nah, often people don't look for trouble, it just keeps coming up.

Well maybe i should have said others see trouble or problems that I do not. Or if i do see it, it does not bother me.
Im still just thrilled to death to be able to interact with so many people of such differing backgrounds, locations and ages. I have already decided i would make a lousy moderator because I would let way too much stuff slip past me.

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13 Feb 2014, 3:52 am

Such things have been an interest of mine for several years, and I'm still not perfect at noticing all of them (and depending on context, I might not notice anything without prompting). Some things stand out as fairly obvious, though.

So, like I see a lot of it here, but to be fair I see a lot of it everywhere. It bothers me more because I actually like being here and interacting with many people here, and unlike one of the other two disability forums I frequent, I'm not a moderator.

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13 Feb 2014, 7:48 am

Willard wrote:

The was one called 'Autisocial' started by a WP member that was very friendly, but it never quite took off and now it's gone. It didn't have Wrong Planet's random thread Que and I think that's one of the things that makes WP so user-friendly, there are always random new topics popping up right there on the home page, which is well suited to people with various levels of ADHD. :wink:

Those are the only two forums I've ever actually joined.

makuranososhi. Pity he doesn't return to this forum.

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13 Feb 2014, 8:10 am

DevilKisses wrote:

I enjoy yahoo answers and empty closets.

was on answers for 6 years but quit to simplify my life, EC did not feel comfortable to me

I am on some other special interest sites though just to talk about very specific things.

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13 Feb 2014, 9:12 am

I'm on a few other ASD forums. Granted I don't post on the others so much but it's not because I'm uncomfortable there.

AFF's closure bore two new forums called ASD Community and Aspie Friends Network. I'm a member of the former.

I'm only on one non-ASD forum which relates to an online pasttime of mine, Second Life

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13 Feb 2014, 10:57 am

I don't feel comfortable on WP.

But I don't really feel comfortable anywhere.

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13 Feb 2014, 12:35 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:

what part of ireland are from?

West Co Donegal

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13 Feb 2014, 1:08 pm

Willard wrote:

Those are the only two forums I've ever actually joined.

You mean this:

http://www.autisocial.com/

I see it's dead. What happened?

To answer the OP:

I feel the same here as everywhere else. I have gotten bad treatment here too and misunderstandings so nothing different than other boards.

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13 Feb 2014, 1:21 pm

I feel mostly comfortable. But I'm new here. I love how receptive people are to questions. People I can relate to makes my confidence go up as well as well as my own self-awareness. I'm trying to learn everything I can about my ASD, so... currently it feels like a great resource.

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13 Feb 2014, 1:46 pm

I've joined others but none of them have the activity or variety of topics as this one does.

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13 Feb 2014, 2:53 pm

I should say I feel a little bit more comfortable on WrongPlanet than on the average message board... but a little bit goes a long way!

I can agree with other posters above who feel that they can say more here, without being misconstrued as snarky when they're not, or serious when they're joking, or when they're sharing an anecdote and they're considered rude or weird because of what's in there.

So I can totally appreciate WrongPlanet for being that bit of an 'online home'.

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