Dolphinius, if you do decide to go, drop me an email, so I will be able to find you. You won't find me under this SN.
I have no plans to post there at the moment as I have little free time at present, but if I do I will let you know somehow (either by e-mailing or posting here).
That reminds me to add, for the benefit of everyone here, that my Dolphinius e-mail doesn't work, so if anyone on ASA ever e-mails me they probably won't receive a bounce-back and I won't receive it. If anyone ever has e-mailed me (since the early days when it did work) then I am not ignoring you.
What I like about it: It moves. There are lots of posts each day. There is a very WIDE variety of people posting there. Some people post really interesting and useful things (like one guy explained how/why selective mutism works from a brain perspective). There are lots of sections, many of them I haven't even looked at yet.
What I don't like about it: There are too many people. I can't remember who is who. There is not that much dialogue. Sometimes it is just a string of people posting their opinions without many people even acting like they read what other people wrote. It moves *too* fast. I can't understand some of the mechanics, like how to tell which posts I've already read.
Unfortunately ASA is a little too far in the other direction! :-)
Compared to my experience here I'd say there is a broader range of functioning among those on the spectrum and periodic pockets of NT bashing which really I don't see here that much.
This is neither a "like" or "don't like" but there are kids and teens who post there and sometimes I don't know which people they are. I'd converse differently with a fellow 40 year old than an 18 year old. I do think it is interesting to have a mix of teens and adults, though. I am sure there are many adults who have valuable wisdom to share with younger people. Wisdom they probably can't find elsewhere.
I had an idea. I might one day write a book of my "secret knowledge" and get 100 copies published anonymously by some company which will do that sort of thing. Then I'd go round public libraries and put a copy of the book in each. The book would tell the reader that the book couldn't be borrowed and ask the reader to read it in the library and leave it for others to find.
I think to acquire some wisdom you have to find it and not have it told to you. Some takes a very long time to find because you initially reject something that years later you come to realise is true. Also one needs to experience some things.
Dolphinius
(Male, age 40 +/- a few months, UK, self-diagnosed AS)