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I'm on a lot of forums and that is usually not the nature of an online forum. Like I said, good posts get responses, bad ones don't. Some are so personal no one else can relate. Or ask questions that are unanswerable. Or just don't make any sense. Or in most cases are way too long. (none of this is directed at the OP as I don't think I've read his other posts).

Is the posts something others can relate to?
Is it something that's relatively easy to answer or respond to?
Is it worded correctly?
Is it easy to understand or is the poster expecting people to read their mind?
MOST IMPORTANT....Is it concise?

A lot of posts here are tl;dr (too long didn't read).

Tickle my fancy, pique my interest, be intelligible, be concise....and I'll probably respond.

Writing and articulating does not come easy to me at all. I put a lot of thought and effort into it. I kinda expect the same from others.

Also, if someone is posting in a low traffic area, they aren't going to get many if any responses. Some sections of this forum are practically dead. Most forums have a "What's New" button that shows all the latest posts in every section. This forum really doesn't. So a lot of stuff in less active sections goes unseen by most.

You guys care too much about things that don't matter.

Same here.
And the auto-play ads screw up my computer so sometimes the page locks up while I'm trying to post, especially if I take a long time to work out the words I want to say.

There is a 'View Posts Since Last Visit' button on the upper right-hand side, near 'View Your Posts.' That's essentially the same function.

Also on the home page on the right hand side, I click those if any look interesting Accidentally wondered off into the autistic politics one doing that though, needless to say I won't be going there very often again

I meant to mention that too but I don't want to turn into the grammar police...

One point I've noticed is, yet please bear in mind I'm newly diagnosed, hence why I'm new here but there is an overwhelming number of threads about "me, me, me", yes I understand we all have issues, but a lot of the threads are why are people ignoring me, why are people hating me, etc.

I half answered a thread a moment ago before scraping it because it was getting too personal, but it was about being on the phone. I have a long standing aspie friend who can talk for England, you can start a sentence but he then takes it as an invitation to dump everything he's has even slightly related to the subject, he makes my eyes spin, literally! There's times I don't answer the phone because I don't have a spare hour or two to just listen to his lectures and diatribes, especially since I can't get a word in edgeways!

As EzraS said, follow basic rules of presentation and writing:
- Have a quick pithy intro so we know what its about (so we don't have to fathom it ourselves)
- No 1000 word essays as an introduction, especially if there's no paragraphs or other formatting
- Don't insult the reader / world straight away (avoid terms like everybody, nobody, always, etc... those groups are rarely true)
* Know when to stop, you'll get another chance in the ensuing debate!


Oh, don't just post a link and say, what do you think... Give your opinion!

Not to mention no "am I autistic?" threads or similar

Ah so yes. Forgot they installed that.

This is everywhere on the Internet. Look around a bit.

The Internet would be a terribly boring place if every single person responded to every single post whether or not they had anything to add.

I have a hard time fallowing long post & it takes me alot longer than it should for me to figure out what to say & how to say it due to ADD & Dyslexia

Didn't realise a mere troll-attempt would result in this... My bad folks.

Thanks for pointing that out. I'll keep that in mind; I think I may be guilty of quoting posts directly above me.

I... didn't realize this was trolling

There are so many of those floating all round the forum. I know it's an Autism forum but it would be better if there was a separate "do I have Autism/AS" topic section.

And like another poster here has said, I have ADD, and my attention can be really poor, so sometimes I need to be in the right frame of mind to reply to a thread that only semi sparks my interest.

Also I have a very busy life offline so, with all due respect, worrying about replying to a thread on an internet forum is not my top priority. Using WP is one of my favourite things to do in my spare time, but I don't take it super seriously.