I've been on here for some time already but I still don't fully grasp what the purpose of this site is. Personally I treat this site for practicing English (other than Reddit) since I'm an Easterner. Can anyone tell me?
No, it's not a dating site. It is a site that was recreated from a site that closed called experience project. It's a place to write and share experiences and connect with like minded people as well as understand and know what others are experiencing. You can find love here, but it's main focus is to express yourself and enjoy conversation as well as have fun with people of all types. Hope that helps.
True, it's not a typical style fourm. It's more about finding the experience groups- I think they just call them groups and then post stories and questions. Then you meet people that way and at some point send DMs. You can add any relevant group you want to talk about and share your story others will read it and just get to know you. It takes time here to develop friendships. The best group to start with is I'm new. Post a little about yourself and then it goes from there. I hope you like it here once you get used to it. I've made lifelong friends with so many people over the years. And they're still working on the site. You can always make suggestions to SW via that group and they are happy to listen.
I use this site to work through my problems... Almost like I'm processing life with a therapist... My process starts with something I don't understand... I usually start a story about something I can't wrap my head around , something that doesn't make sense to me... I write until I get stuck or I get too frustrated or too emotional to continue and I put it aside continue to think on it throughout the day or days and then come back to it and start tweaking it and fine-tuning it adding things more imagery... sometimes I break it up into chunks and although the individual pieces, (we will call them "paragraphs") make sense by themselves, but don't make sense when they're put together so I end up scrapping the whole thing and starting over... Which I recently just had the idea to post the individual paragraphs as stories by themselves, but they usually lose vital context when separated.
I can go back to the same story anywhere between 3-20 times, doing revision after revision, or adding more elements that come to me. Sometimes I go back and read all the unfinished pieces to see if I can gain perspective on my current issue or I go back and read stories I've already posted to find something I need to remember, something I've already learned from something else, but didn't realize was applicable One time I almost completely rewrote a story I had already posted, and left both stories so I could remember both processes.
When I feel like I need other peoples perspective on something, I just post a random FML Rant and see what wise words are bestowed upon me
@Typicalpisces that's a wonderful way to put it. It certainly has helped me deal with my problems and having a total stranger to give you some prospective is so helpful ( for me anyway)
@Micromint EXACTLY... Its damn near impossible to get any useful feedback from anyone you know because they always seem to have hidden agendas and their own selfish motivations... People here have nothing to gain from giving you guidance...
It is not a dating site, in fact it does not have a definite purpose. Everyone uses it their own way. Mine is venting. I use it as an outlet for my overthinking. Otherwise thoughts would remain in my head for hours