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It's nice seeing WP members here

I am a rather inactive-lurker member on Wrong Planet. Whilst indeed it is big, I feel it is too big for me to be able to handle.
I was on another forum until recently, again there is the same issue of it growing too big for me to handle...
I suppose that sounds rather pathetic but I like small (enough) forums for there to be a sense of community and nice enough members that I recognise posts..and not be afraid to post things without the fear and anxiety level being high.
Although right now, I prefer to lurk.
 
Did i mention i was a Wrongplanet member somewhere?

It was my wish to be the moderator in WrongPlanet for Asian audiences. I hope to bring in a few supportive members around Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia etc) and i wished I can be the head of a relatively large faction in WrongPlanet, influential enough to warrant Mr Plank a visit to my hometown, where we will meet together and discuss autism advocacy projects.

Unfortunately, the latter part fell into disarray as a local autism meet in Singapore opposed direct advocacy. One member even went all the way and said that we should not reveal our autism identity publicly. Till today, such a decision still stands and I feel so disappointed. I used to be the most active Asian user (I think) but i just feel disappointed with local members not supporting my own plans. But then, i am autistic myself and i should have known better about the state of advocacy and autism work in general in my home country.

The internal politics of WP also turned me off. Despite N posts, few noticed the work i try to do coordinating at least the Singaporean members. My note cannot be placed as sticky. The admins just don't seem to care. It's very ineffective, and it has somehow affected the dynamics for me in other forums i subsequently joined.

What's worse, a member even did not see the whole point and instead of posting in the WP forum itself, he decided to set up a localized group for Singaporeans. Others followed suit. I initially opposed to the whole scheme of things because they seem to do what other localized groups do, but the group became unexpectedly successful due to governmental support, which is central to every successful thing in Singapore. (What I was doing was purely out of personal will) So I feel bad, I felt down, it was just not too nice to be out of the action even with quite a bright mind. (And because of our efforts, older ASDs, especially ASD students in higher levels begin to emphasize more on employability and social skill building and so on, that I didn't have. Which is good for the country but not too good for me, as I 'missed the boat'.)

Sorry for the rant.
 
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