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Written by Kevin Davy on 2024-12-01 at 01:38

@actuallyautistic

  This is actually a day late. Because of, ... well, work. But, I have now been on this place two years. I came here because of the great twitter wave of '22, not with it. At that time, I had reached the point in my autism realisation that I was at least vaguely confident in it and wanted to talk with others like me. But as I'd never had any real interest in social media, neither really understanding the attraction, nor the point, the main sites didn't really draw me and hearing about this place in relationship with the twitter wave, I thought I would give it a go. This despite it having a reputation for being the home of seriously techy people and me being about as far removed from that, as it's possible to be. 

I strongly suspect that because I never had any prior experience, I never experienced this place as being especially difficult to work out. I wasn't expecting to be passive and so went in, knowing that I had to work things out for myself. As far as I can judge, having no experience of other sites myself, this is the difference with this place. It's about putting in the effort yourself. In terms of working out how things work. What you want from an instance and how you best want to interact on here.

And this place really is all about the interaction. It's no good trying to build follower numbers to game the system somehow. Name, or even reputation in other areas, won't get you much, if you don't also put in the effort. It's not a raucous bar, where the rich and famous hang out and get all the attention. It's more a teashop, where it's all about the conversation. 

And this, I think, is the most wonderful part of this place. So many people just prepared to talk, to share their views and experiences and knowledge. And in particular the autism community on here. I have learnt so much, made my life better in so many different ways because of you and grown, in ways that I would never have imaged when I fearfully joined this place two years ago. This has all been the most amazing experience and I will forever be grateful that I found this place. 

Thank you everyone for making this place what it is. It has been an honour meeting you all and I don't think I will ever be able to express my respect and love for you.

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Written by Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 on 2024-12-01 at 01:48

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Written by Kevin Davy on 2024-12-01 at 02:03

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