My experience of this site thus far.

I must admit that I joined this site in the hope that it would be a similar experience, a worthy alternative, to the old EP site( experience project) RIP.

I do understand why EP had to die, it became so popular that it eventually became top heavy with drug pedelers and the site itself became an accessory to crime, as the equation: bad guys > moderators = shut down, proved in its reason to end.

But what i miss most is the true life stories i read about on there and the "grit" in those stories, its hard to define 'the grit' that im talking about.

It's like the type of raw uncensored honesty that you see in the scibblings of someone who has found solace in the anonimity of a site that lets them express themselves freely without fear of censorship or reprisal - for expressing the truth, im talking about Free Speech!

But 'grit' is more than just free speech its like the blue colour of steel that has been tempered by the heat of the fire(s)that forged the blade.

The stories i read where basically someone showing the world their "steel".

I want to experience reading that, here, i want to find those stories, and those people who are brave enough to express themselves to the world.

In these times, in world where AI and 'the metaverse' now exist - the beginnings of 'the matrix' - albeit a stone age version of 'the matrix' - AI lives on the internet and its a useful tool for moderating the content that real humans create and post on sites like this, yes, it exists now, but it didnt exist in its current form when EP was alive..

Which brings me to the reason for posting this, my question, i wonder dear reader, is this:

How much of the content we are reading here is real, and how much of it is editted and moderated by the big AI?

While i find 'the grit' again? Am looking in the right place? And even if i look in the gutters the dustbins and dark alleys of the web, while i find the real dirt of peoples lives and experiences, posted for all to see? Or am i only seeing what a sanitised, censored and muzzled version, has the AI maid 'cleaned' these spaces for our deemed benefit and the delight of that maids' master?

Reader please help me find that grit im looking for.

i hope to find it on this site, unless everyone is holding back their grit for memoirs and a lucrative publishing deal one day, holding onto it and giving us a watered down version of their life experiences here on SW, scared that they will lose their most valuable insights if they publish it.

Thanks for reading.