What boards do you browse the most often and why?

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My answers to this question are below, I'd be interested to hear yours.

1. Social Skills and Making Friends -
Because I mentor others on the spectrum, I study ways they interact...for some reason I like to know what kinds of things people here have difficulties with.
Even though my social skills are pretty good, I often forget what I had trouble with in the past, as well as things others continue to struggle with.

2. General Autism Discussion -
Because I need more from my autism studies than just theory, and examples from myself and the few people I work with. I like the insight I get from it about a variety of subjects

3. Love and Dating -
See reason #1 - I also study the reasons why people on the spectrum become rejected aas romantic partners - and what leads them to good relationships.

3. The Haven -
I feel anxious and/or sad and/or angry the majority of the time that I'm in waking conciousness, and just knowing someone else shares the same feelings gives me ease.

5. Media represenations
I am a strong advocate for postive and realistic images of autism and AS in the media and this directs me to the media's latest portrayals without having to google them all the time.

According to my 'most visited' folder on firefox it's:

1. General discussion. Maybe there's more happening there.
2. Love and dating. I didn't think I went there that much. I can't think why. Maybe I enjoy watching train wrecks. Don't post much there in any case.
3. Random Discussion. Because that's where the fun happens.
4. Adult Autism Discussion. I can be childish there.
5. Private Messages. Ahh, Privacy.

The forums I browse most often are Random Discussion, School/College Life, Television/Film/Video, Art/Writing/Music, Politics/Philosophy/Religion, and the Adult section.

General Autism Discussion, though the tortured concepts can make my head ache, Random Discussion, because it can be fun, and Television/Film/Video, because it's an area of interest I can share with many people.

Random Discussion to enjoy myself.

General Autism to discuss autism related things.

The Haven to support people when they're down.

Random lately. Adult when the discussion is good. I came here for the general, but I must admit I've barely looked at it for the last couple of months, except when a topic catches my eye on the new posts list on the home page.


I am curious how much of the total topics do people here read? And how do you go about deciding what you want to read? Is it what catches your eye, or is it certain posters that you find entertaining or informative, or what? I feel I miss a lot, but I don't want to read everything.

Random Discussion and The Haven

Random because it's so, random, and the Games forum cuz I'm down like that.

GAD and LAD. But Random seems to be where it's at

i have bookmarked the "recent posts" facility.
when i come here, i click on my "wrong planet recent posts" bookmark and it shows me what posts have been recently updated regardless of what section of the site they came from.

when i come to wrong planet, my screen looks like this:


i just scroll until i find something that i feel i can talk in, and if i find nothing of interest i do not say anything.