Hi there. I'm new and kind of nervous.

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03 May 2009, 5:44 pm

I'm calling myself HardestPartOfLife because I couldn't think of what to put for a name. I've been on forums before, usually using names of characters I came up with, but this is the first time I found out about WrongPlanet, I thought it might be a good place for me to come. I've had problems with other forums, usually getting on the wrong side of trolls and getting burned by flamers. I have Asperger's Syndrome, but people usually become surprised because I'm so high functioning. I used to be worse, but I'm still struggling. I'm trying to be self-sufficient, but I'm having a hard time at it since I've never held down a job (I'm almost 26) and have...other issues too. I don't know much about this forum, but I just hope it'll be good. I've had too much problems with other forums.

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03 May 2009, 6:12 pm

HardestPartOfLife wrote:

hello HPOL,
Here we deal with trolls and flamers, so if you have any problems with either, PM any of the moderators http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp1684191.html#1684191 and we work it out with them.

enjoy your community and welcome home!

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03 May 2009, 6:20 pm

Welcome to Wp

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03 May 2009, 6:35 pm

Hi HPOL :mrgreen:

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03 May 2009, 7:07 pm

Welcome greetings, HardestPartOfLife, to the Wrong Planet neighborhood.

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03 May 2009, 7:22 pm

Welcome to WP. Don't worry too much about trolls here. This place seems nicely regulated, and that's coming from someone who used to moderate a forum with several thousand users. Normal people can't act like us. Not for very long, anyway. Just as it's obvious to them that we're different, it's obvious to us that they're different. Trolls either quickly get bored or get caught and ejected.

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03 May 2009, 7:27 pm

Welcome.

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03 May 2009, 7:31 pm

Hi and Welcome to WP. I'm the same age as you. I'm also 26.

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04 May 2009, 12:48 am

Thanks. I've come from a few boards where a troll single handedly destroyed the board all the while saying that I and my fiancee were trying the same. I ended up getting made moderator and banning him. The admin left, leaving four people, including me and my fiancee.

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04 May 2009, 3:23 am

Yeah, I know how that goes. Gross admin mismanagement. One of the best ways to kill any community, whether it be a forum or an online game. You have to be willing to take action against the trolls. The people here are more than willing to do that, and this is a strong community.

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04 May 2009, 9:51 am

That's good. You let a flamer go on too long, they self-combust and a troll rises out of the ashes.

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