Are there any sites you regret going to?

[Nitro]

That was exactly my understanding, Nitro. And I think Brent came up with the perfect solution for that.

What I had not considered was my own sensitivity, hence my opting back out. I just really thought I was ready, but I'm not complaining about the fact the section exists.

It's all good

I didn't take it as a complaint,but my post was more in line with showing others that it did exist and the reason why it does.

 

[Tyrantus1212]

Facebook. With the way my social skills and self-esteem just plain suck, I should not have joined. I did join it later than most people, but once I did things just went downhill (even further than they have already been going for me). I started posting 20+ status updates a day about things that don't interest other people. I literally thought that Facebook friends are supposed to become real friends. I sent out so many personal messages and kept making friend introductions on there.

People knew how I behaved on there and most importantly in real life...so I became an unfriending magnet. A few people even blocked me. I kept confronting everyone for doing so and asked them why they did it - I actually WONDERED why they did it to me and only me; I could still see the mutual friends (unless they blocked me lol). Some people ignored it because some of my confrontations were private messages, others were brutally honest (yet I never listened...), while a third subgroup lied about it which I later ended up discovering very awkwardly. Each time someone removed me I kept whining about it to my fellow classmates. Joining Facebook was a very bad idea which only made things socially worse for me. Facebook just wasn't for me, period.

The good thing about all this was the fact that I eventually grew tired of the improper usage and calmed down after 6 months. I even deactivated my account for 2 whole years. After coming back I've been using it properly ever since; I hardly ever update my status and I basically just share programming jokes on there. I joined Aspies Central at the start of June and will most definitely never regret it; I use it much more frequently than Facebook right now. I sure am glad I finally got to learn how to use Facebook properly, but the regrets from past usage are still present.

 

[toothless]

wrongplanet.
i totally regret having joined back in 2005, it led to being groomed by a predator and cyber bully who used multiple accounts to get at me,he mimicked my level of autism and copied my blog using my experiences of autism as their own- word for word,often on WP or forums full of parents where he could get more attention.

he made me see myself as a burden on society and on aspies and told me to kill myself,i was still non verbal back then and had no way of getting outside support,i didnt know what to do. i ended up severely pyschotic and my challenging behavior became so extreme i smashed up my bedroom and my triple glazed window with my head and did lots of other worse things i regret-i was locked up in an intellectual disability secure hospital for four months and lost my placement in the residential home.
worst of all,i lost my pet chickens that i had bred because they were being kept on the farm that was owned by the residential home miles away and because i had left there on bad terms they dont like me turning up at the farm.

 

[Streetwise]

this is what frightens me about autism speaks and WP their children will be too naive and cosseted what happens if the parents cant care for them

wrongplanet.
i totally regret having joined back in 2005, it led to being groomed by a predator and cyber bully who used multiple accounts to get at me,he mimicked my level of autism and copied my blog using my experiences of autism as their own- word for word,often on WP or forums full of parents where he could get more attention.

he made me see myself as a burden on society and on aspies and told me to kill myself,i was still non verbal back then and had no way of getting outside support,i didnt know what to do. i ended up severely pyschotic and my challenging behavior became so extreme i smashed up my bedroom and my triple glazed window with my head and did lots of other worse things i regret-i was locked up in an intellectual disability secure hospital for four months and lost my placement in the residential home.
worst of all,i lost my pet chickens that i had bred because they were being kept on the farm that was owned by the residential home miles away and because i had left there on bad terms they dont like me turning up at the farm.

 

[WildCat]

Heard of the G.I.F.T. theory? A whole lot of them. There are so many toxic environments out there on the internet that I can't even begin to make a list here. Gaming related ones in particular, I'd steer clear of those unless they're well supervised.

It helps to have a thick skin anywhere you go really...certain people don't take kindly to those who don't fit into the norm, and certain people will be just plain nasty for the sake of such...again, refer to the G.I.F.T. The worst you can do is get engaged; the best, well...just leave the place. Better uses of your time can be had elsewhere.

On the subject of Wrong Planet: I used to be a member there, in fact it was the only site recommended to me at the time and I had no clue of any others like it...but it seems the consensus now is that it has become such a cesspool that it's not worth the time or effort anymore to touch the place. I sure won't be going back there after hearing all the fuss and stories here about it.

 

[VenomousAlbino]

During A-level biology, we had to do a piece of coursework on the menstrual cycle. Long story short: one mis-spelled URL resulted in 17-year-old me being scarred for life by porn that even a teenage boy didn't want to see.