I joined this site in 2012, as I am a sufferer of Anxiety and Depression, and was in search of people to talk to with similar interests and/or disorders. At first, I felt very welcome on ExperienceProject; I met a lot of nice people, being able to freely express myself was very liberating; it was comforting to know there were others out there like myself. I met some great people who encouraged me and offered support, I met people who eventually became my friends no matter that they lived across the ocean. It felt nice to be accepted, even if it was only online.
However, the site took took a turn for the worse in mid-2012, even though it was never perfect to begin with. I think this might be due to the fact that the website became more known as time passed, which meant more visitors. People first started to visit this online community to find like-minded people, to be able to express themselves without judgement and negativity, to make friends from all over the world who share our interests—it was just a very safe, small, casual website where everyone seemed like a family that helped each other out. Now, it's rare to discover any of this amongst all the mess EP has created.
It is now full of pointless changes that do not serve any of the Users appropriately. The ExperienceProject staff do not take our ideas, advice, or concerns into consideration. In fact, they never respond to any emails, even if it's regarding something serious such as harassment or a site error. They ignore every message sent to them. There are a lot of sexual predators, a lot of sick minded and sadistic people who are into unnatural and horrendous fetishes. Old men talking to thirteen year olds. Pornographic images and sexual messages being sent out. Disturbing Experience Groups and Stories and Questions being shared; a lot of what they do is either illegal or morally wrong. The things these people talk about are sickening to the stomach; very repulsive and vulgar, gruesome and vicious, nauseating and perverted. There are a lot of death threats, people trying to coax others into their sexual fantasies. There's a lot of spam and scammers and false advertisements. Cyber-Bullying is also increasing on ExperienceProject, I've dealt with it first hand a lot of times, and never did the EP staff help. They have Reporting and Flagging options, but even when you're being threatened or bullied to the extreme, clicking those buttons does absolutely nothing—EP do not respond or take action.
This site was very close to my heart when I first discovered it; it was the first time I felt like I belonged somewhere. However, it's no longer the same site anymore, and I do not recommend it to anyone who is thinking to sign up. It is becoming a very unsafe and disturbing website.