I came here from a forum that was infamous for being snarky. Every single thing you posted was up for scrutiny, and there were tons of members that were on it simply to pick people apart and start drama. If I was going to post, i would sit there and re-read my post at least a dozen times and try to see any way that anyone could possibly rip me apart about it, and even then I'd have huge anxiety about posting anything at all. That was a site about wedding planning, and I quit it shortly after my wedding because I got so tired of the stress of even trying to ask a simple question!
It has a sister site for babies, and when it came time for me to start with baby things, I joined the sister site. I thought maybe it wouldn't be as snarky as the wedding planning site. I started scrolling through threads and saw the same thing all over again, including a thread where a girl was called stupid for asking a simple question. I decided I couldn't do that company at all and started looking for another one.
I joined this site because it seemed like the nicest one I could find. At first it was a really nice change, and I'd see people post things and think about how quickly they would get torn down on the other site I was on. So I started posting more and more, and now I'm comfortable.
Only thing is...yeah, it gets kind of boring because there doesn't seem to be many people around to comment! Or else I don't get comments for hours and hours. I used to attribute it to the fact that I'm in the US and most of the posters seem to be in the UK, so they're probably sleeping while I'm posting. But I don't think that's the case.
So this site has both pros and cons for me.
Pros: people are generally really nice and I don't get anxiety about posting.
Cons: pretty slow, sometimes I don't get an answer for hours and hours, if at all.