I first joined experience project when I was going through a difficult time. I thought I could write a few stories, comment, and message a few people per week to take my mind off things. Writing is an outlet for me and I needed a distraction in my life. I joined the site and posted a few short stories that were totally normal (nothing explicit or sexual in nature). I got a few hearts (equal to a like), some views, and one insignificant comment. 24 hours later, I got my first private message. It was from a man who wanted me to either post a photo of myself to my profile or privately message him a photo. This man was very specific - he wanted to see a photo of my face. Ummm, what?!?:-/ I responded and I told him that I do not post photos of myself online, sorry. He responded saying that he would eventually convince me to show my face. This man was a total creep. I googled his screen name and found that he had multiple online profiles including an online dating profile on plenty of fish. He was on every online social media site known to man trolling for women. He messaged me every day for about a week asking me creepy things, like what I was wearing, how tall I was, how much I weighed, and the best one of all - what color and style panties I was currently wearing. Ummm, FLAG & BLOCK! Disgusting creeper! That was just the beginning. By this time I had accumulated about 50 "fans" in one week. 95% of them were male and at least 70% of them had a photo of their groin area in their default photo. Some were even exposed with their genitals completely showing! Out of curiosity, I clicked on a few of my "fan's" profiles to see who these weirdos were. They had some of the most disturbing sexual fantasy related stories including wanting to control someone's bladder, making them drink excessive amounts of fluid, and denying them a toilet until they burst and wet themselves. Ummmm, what the heck? What kind of weird fetish site is this?! By this time, I had been getting at least 10 or more private messages per day. All from men that were sick in the head. Asking me sexually explicit questions, asking me to look at their photos, asking me where I lived, etc. Into the second week of having this EP profile, I actually met a really nice and genuine guy who left me a comment and then privately messaged me. He never once asked me anything explicit or sexual in nature and was respectful. I told him about all the weird men that had been messaging me and he told me that it was because my profile says that I am a female. If you are a girl, you will be harassed…bottom line. He even said that he gets older men with fetishes for young men messaging him all kinds of creepy things. I was planning on deleting my account this day until this one person messaged me and wasn't creepy. Needless to say, we are still real friends. A few more weeks went by with more and more disgusting private messages and comments on a daily basis. I flagged most of them and nothing happened. I even had men that were harassing me because I would not engage in sexual conversations with them or post sexual photos of myself (I blocked these people). But the final straw was about one month later when I logged in and got 5 private message consisting of photos of a man's genitals. A few of these photos included a short message about how he wanted to "do" me and gave me measurements of his genitals! ENOUGH! I flagged these senders, deleted all my messages, stories, and content and proceeded to delete my account. This site is nothing but perverts and people with severe mental health issues along with men out trolling on women. DO NOT JOIN EXPERIENCE PROJECT!
Experience project is a place to go and share your story and find others like you. That's what they advertise. What it really is, is a place full of uncensored, unmonitored, people looking to hurt others.
I joined EP just under a year ago. I was have a very stressful few months and getting emotionally weighed down. So I googled online support groups. And sure enough there was EP. I joined. I shared my story. And then... nothing. No one commented. Which was only a little bothersome. But they can't control that part. So I went through read some of the stories and found my eyes being opened to my situation. But, I soon needed someone to talk to. So I went to EP's helpful "you may want to talk to these people" but almost everyone in that list was against the experience they joined. I couldn't help but wonder what was up with that. And then one day I was reading through a story and came across the first troll siting. Someone putting down someone for that choice. I immediately hit flag. And... nothing happened. I even checked back 24,48, and who knows how many days later. EP claims they deal with ALL flags and reports within 24 hours. How they didn't delete that, I will never know.
After a little while of being there, I was finally attacked. But this wasn't like the others. No it wasn't just "you're going to hell" or "you made a horrible decision". No. This person attacked me because I stood up against them when they tried to put down another person. And they were even worse towards me. Telling me I should be stoned to death. And all these horrible things. I flagged each comment multiple times, and even sent an email because after you flag they say "if this is an emergency please contact us" and this user was way out of hand. So I did. I NEVER, to this day, got a response from that email. The only reason I didn't delete the comments was because I wanted EP to see them.
I left for a while and came back. The trolls were getting out of hand. Everyday they were putting more and more users down and everyday those of us who were strong enough, fought back and reported them. And everyday we were met with disappointment.
EP staff does nothing. Unless you have every member in a group doing something. And then they will do ONE thing. Delete one comment or "talk to the user" and thn nothing for another couple of months as if that's good enough. DO NOT JOIN THIS SITE