Any of us intimidating or scary?

[Binty]

It's Soph's fault I'm here 

in reality it's more like a pub full of horny and/or bored spazzes

 :lol:

["couldbecousin"]

So it's all PPK's fault i am here.  

Lol, pretty sure it's his fault am here too, at least that's my story if things ever go to shit.

It's always good to have a story, and stick to it! 

['Butterflies']

I don't understand why this site has a bad reputation. Almost everybody's been really nice to me, and I haven't even seen much antagonism between others.

I can only assume that it's because of the lack of moderation on the site. This seems to be the only aspie forum where you're allowed to tell somebody exactly what you think of them. I suppose sometimes the person that is under attack often feels intimidated.

Maybe it's the intro page, wrath of the community and all.

can we do a new intro page? I think it's time it was updated. also it makes us look too much like we;re just an anti-wp site. I think we should make one that focuses on the less serious shootin-the-shit side, rather than the arguing side. I mean still making it clear that it's more free spech, unmoderated etc. But the intro page now (from what I remember) makes it sound more like a battleground, when in reality it's more like a pub full of horny and/or bored spazzes

I've noticed the intro page That probably does put a few people off. I always wondered if that's how things used to be on this site before I was a member. A lot of the original members have either left, or mellowed with age.

[Adam]

It's Soph's fault I'm here 

It's ma sexiness  

The Sophster brings all the girls to the yard
and they're like, "what a sexy tard!"

[Binty]

 

[Osensitive1]

So it's all PPK's fault i am here.  

Lol, pretty sure it's his fault am here too, at least that's my story if things ever go to shit.

It's always good to have a story, and stick to it!  

May not even be a story. Someone invited me once, long time before joining, but terrible with names so can't remember who.

[Osensitive1]

Agreed.

[P7PSP]

can we do a new intro page? I think it's time it was updated. also it makes us look too much like we;re just an anti-wp site. I think we should make one that focuses on the less serious shootin-the-shit side, rather than the arguing side. I mean still making it clear that it's more free spech, unmoderated etc. But the intro page now (from what I remember) makes it sound more like a battleground, when in reality it's more like a pub full of horny and/or bored spazzes

Make a thread with a poll. I will vote no, based on inertia.

["couldbecousin"]

can we do a new intro page? I think it's time it was updated. also it makes us look too much like we;re just an anti-wp site. I think we should make one that focuses on the less serious shootin-the-shit side, rather than the arguing side. I mean still making it clear that it's more free spech, unmoderated etc. But the intro page now (from what I remember) makes it sound more like a battleground, when in reality it's more like a pub full of horny and/or bored spazzes

Make a thread with a poll. I will vote no, based on inertia.

Are you one of the bored spazzes then? 

[Semicolon]

can we do a new intro page? I think it's time it was updated. also it makes us look too much like we;re just an anti-wp site. I think we should make one that focuses on the less serious shootin-the-shit side, rather than the arguing side. I mean still making it clear that it's more free spech, unmoderated etc. But the intro page now (from what I remember) makes it sound more like a battleground, when in reality it's more like a pub full of horny and/or bored spazzes

Make a thread with a poll. I will vote no, based on inertia.

Indeed. I would agree with updating the page (with new quotes and information), but I believe it should remain as it is.

[P7PSP]

can we do a new intro page? I think it's time it was updated. also it makes us look too much like we;re just an anti-wp site. I think we should make one that focuses on the less serious shootin-the-shit side, rather than the arguing side. I mean still making it clear that it's more free spech, unmoderated etc. But the intro page now (from what I remember) makes it sound more like a battleground, when in reality it's more like a pub full of horny and/or bored spazzes

Make a thread with a poll. I will vote no, based on inertia.

Are you one of the bored spazzes then? 

Sometimes, I try to avoid too much boredom.

[midlifeaspie]

I swear I had a reasoned and well thought-out post on this topic.  Not sure what happened 

[P7PSP]

I swear I had a reasoned and well thought-out post on this topic.  Not sure what happened 

You got intimidated? 

[midlifeaspie]

Are we cruising on yesteryear's i2 reputations and Aspies intimidated unnecessarily?

Speaking as a newbie here.

It depends on what the goals are.  This place can be quite intimidating, and certainly has a reputation on at least one other site where things are much more vanilla / white bread.  This reputation seems to be based primarily on past events, but it does seem to me that many of the regular members treasure that reputation and certainly do not try and go out of their way to counter it.  The introductions, asking if someone is brave, deriding "sensitivity", etc.  The front page also adds to this presupposition.  

If the goal is to have a site with a close-knit group of members of like mind who have a lot of fun and create their own community - I think this has been accomplished very well.  If the goal is to grow the site with a heterogeneous group composed of multiple personality types (including the "sensitive types") this doesn't seem like the way to do that.

[midlifeaspie]

I swear I had a reasoned and well thought-out post on this topic.  Not sure what happened 

You got intimidated? 

Scared the words right off my browser