Similar Worlds

I was on there during the beginning and last month after I deleted my account there. My first take on this is very depressing how many users act on there.

I don't like the fact that many latest lame EP members are there and only few good ones. To top it off with the same pedos. Same $#*!heads. Same Fake profiles and it seems like everybody gave up life and continue to complain about same old Blocking Drama as well. It never gets old to them because their life is nothing more than Mentally ill Patients who have nothing better to do or nothing better to post. Bunch of anti social $#*! roaches and they deserve to stay on this hell hole for the sake of this world. To escape from reality to Hell. I'm glad I deleted my account. Wish EP is back though without the stupid APP

Its a cool place to talk about various topics, give advice, ask for advice, express funny thoughts or deeper issues. Being anonymous it can attract some very weird people but on the click of a button you can easily never see again whoever you don't want to see anymore. Without the block button you might run into some really weird posts and weird opinions. With a proper use of the block button you can exchange and chat with a bunch of polite, decent people.

It's the only site of it's kind really. But it is no Experience Project. It's been in decline for while. Admin are great, no complaint there. The problems are user base.

Where to start -
Older or middle aged adults who act like they never left middle school. Some kindergarten. The arguments, accusations, name calling and dramatic over sharing to name a few. Tiny mole hills made into mountains of drama. Who did what and when, who blocked or bullied or stalked and on and on. How do they even handle REAL life crisis? Victim mentality is high. But you never hear the other side of it.

Then the other extreme is toxic positivity or a few, who go around with over sweet flattery and "kindness" like a passive aggressive narcissist trying hard to be liked, lolz. It oozes fake. Then the prima donnas - with the "I deserve" mentality.

Then there are the sex starved where the minds are stuck in a deep rut of titties or other body parts. Objectification of women is extreme. So boring.
Mental and emotional illness is at an all time high.

Sure there are few decent peeps and some writers keep the place attractive. But many are leaving. If there were more mature users and substance the site could be really good! Don't know how to get them there.

While there was once a sense of hope, that SW would evolve, sadly, it has followed the demise of its predecessors.

Writers have abandoned the site enmasse, leaving the feed with just sadness and occasional dramas.

The site abandoned efforts to preserve the individuality of members. This included eliminating the EP inspired features that use to support many with depression and mental health issues.

Currently it appears to be downsizing to something akin to an aimless social blog.

It has some interesting design aspects and lots of troublesome content.

While originally habit forming, the designer has drifted the site towards a highly locked down european centric paradigm, lacking an essence of the american experience.

This leads to a high turnover of new members and alienation of existing members.

Membership growth appears stalled, with an obvious long-term trend to less serious writing and reduced interaction.

Wall Street should eye this venture cautiously.

New members should dabble, test it and follow their interest.

If you are seeking friendships, romance, humor, alternative points of view and discussion... this is not the place.

Recent design changes have made the site lame.

Overall, I recommend avoiding it altogether.

Lovely website that makes a difference!
I do really enjoy Similar Worlds,
I've made a lot of great friends there.

There are lots of kind, interesting people on this site,
But yes, a number of trolls as well.

The Admins do seem to handle them fast enough though.
It looks like most of those bad users who got permanently banned. Cam over here to leave fake reviews about similar worlds!

(Honest Review, unlike most others here)

Pros:
- Provided a stable home for ex EP members.
- Staff, the admins & mods are all kind and professional.
- Develops a lot of neat features and improvements, and listens to user feedback.
- Has a lot of security measures in place to protect teens on the site.
- Goes out of their way to tackle child abuse and predators (report to law enforcement), unlike other social networks.

Cons:
- Needs more staff, to tackle issues and abusive users more quickly.
- Could improve the offered list of groups (which they said they are working on)

The reviews on here that claiming that the Similar Worlds staff supports predators, are 100% false.
They in fact work with law enforcement on these cases, which is a process that can take time.

Those false reviews sound like troublemaker users who didn't like the fact that they got limited or banned from the site...

I have came to except this site but I'm not crazy about it. I think there are ways to improve this site.

I think that everyone chats should be in a row oldest first and go from there. So you can always have the option to go back and read all of your older posts.

Each of your friends should be at your fingertips easy to find all of your chat buddies with your favorite ones the easiest to find.

I wish that there was a easy way to share photos here. I haven't ever been able to send but two or three pictures at a time.

The reviews here are horrible and are NOT true. I can't believe anyone would post these kinds of reviews yes the site is still in development but the site hasn't even been open for a year yet. These people make out the admins to be idiotic morons which they are NOT they are amazing men that care about the community!

It took over from experience project otherwise we would have had nowhere to share our feelings and experiences.
You can be upfront and post your own photos and name or feel comfortable using the available anonymity. Public and private messages. Posts and questions.
Lots of great people but of course just like irl there are unpleasant characters. The admins jump on problems but with a growing site that is a challenge.
Functionality being improved all the time.

Give it a try. No cost involved. Been there over 4 years.

Admins and moderators on this site deletes your content simply if they feel like it. It's not run by professionals following rules, but rather they make up the rules as they go along.

My comments were deleted by one of the founders of the website for referring to him banning the use of the phrase "ad-blocker". Apparently you're not allowed to talk about the words they ban, nor "ad-blocker".

Commenting on their decision to delete my harmless comment then resulted in a warning on my account reading:

"Reason: Perpetuating personal arguments publicly.
How to fix: Stop re-posting conversations via screenshots, text or links, and avoid mentioning the usernames of others in a negative context. If you have an issue with other users, please either Block them from contacting you, use the Report Abuse button, or report to local authorities if necessary."

Any place where people gather there will be good and bad people. You can block, mute and report people also. The site is what you make of it and what you put your energy into. There are wonderful people on there that give lots of advice and support and encouragement and lots of interesting experiences and stories and poems shared. There are also trolls and bullies. There is also a block, mute and report button. I dont argue with anybody. I simple block people who are looking to argue or cause drama. I also do not look for problems either. Even on youtube, or facebook or anywhere theres combative individuals, but if you dont want them interacting with you, a simple block or mute will do the trick and also not feeding into it. And that goes for the perverts too. The site has a lot of wonderful people and id hate for that part of this site to be overlooked because of some bad apples.