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Is conflict inevitable in ASD communities?
Yes 62%  62%  [ 13 ]
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05 Dec 2014, 5:59 am

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How can one tell the difference between those trolling,the self diagnosed and people with Aspergers?Would it be possible for Wrong Planet to be notified by physicians to prove ones diagnosis?It may be too difficult to accomplish though.


A site would have to demand any new and all current users produce diagnostic reports to gain or continue membership. These users would have to agree to waive confidentially, then the site would have to call the psychs and verify the report and the psychs are real. On a site like this you would have to hire massive amount of people to do this. It would go viral immediately even into the mainstream media where the comedy shows would have a field day. The site would find itself under constant attempts to shut it down. So it is not happening


I'm not even sure how exactly this would fly internationally. "Privacy" laws do differ in some countries and thus who can access medical information might be quite limited.

It would also mean that this kind of personal information should be stored somewhere highly encrypted. A site/site owner would most likely be responsible if someone were to access the files with ill intent (hacking or otherwise). Not sure if someone, running a forum would like to carry such a responsibility.


It took WP 3 years to install new software so I highly doubt WP is capable of doing of this large an undertaking.


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05 Dec 2014, 6:07 am

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I may be needlessly worrying about being attacked by people with a vendetta against people with Aspergers.I read all posts in the topic "Is Self-Diagnosis Okay/Valid/A Good Thing?" and I went wow that sums it up for me.There is a lot to take in here.I feel like the new kid at school as I was just diagnosed two weeks ago and have only been on Wrong Planet a few days.


This is not the most supportive time to be joining WP for sure. And it is not really representative of what WP usually is about. But occasionally this does happen.

Congratulations on finding an answer and welcome to WP


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05 Dec 2014, 6:33 am

Not really. The non-ASD related communities I have seen tend to be pretty drama-ridden. Trust me, you're not going to find a utopia. I think the kinds of people drawn to discussion forums just have a natural tendency to be deranged.



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05 Dec 2014, 6:51 am

Conflict is inevitable in any even vaguely social forum. The only forum I did not see conflict on was a Industry sponsored Plastics forum. Now there was a place that approached utopia which one could go to and get answers to the most profound questions in plastics life. Like 'Why is my Polypropylene floating?' :lol:

But all in all I think much more serious issues are discussed on WP with no more conflict then any other 'NT' forum.



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05 Dec 2014, 11:12 am

ASPartOfMe wrote:
ksf777 wrote:
How can one tell the difference between those trolling,the self diagnosed and people with Aspergers?Would it be possible for Wrong Planet to be notified by physicians to prove ones diagnosis?It may be too difficult to accomplish though.


A site would have to demand any new and all current users produce diagnostic reports to gain or continue membership. These users would have to agree to waive confidentially, then the site would have to call the psychs and verify the report and the psychs are real. On a site like this you would have to hire massive amount of people to do this. It would go viral immediately even into the mainstream media where the comedy shows would have a field day. The site would find itself under constant attempts to shut it down. So it is not happening


What ASPartOfMe said. Plus people who were diagnosed many years ago might have trouble getting verification of their records.