Has anyone got advice on explaining to autistic adult how to stay safe on social media.
Has anyone got advice on explaining to autistic adult how to stay safe on social media.
I was severely bullied & slandered on Facebook back in 2013 & then most recently again on TikTok, terrible disgusting slanders against from people who don't even know me, even showing my face only led to some sick trolls using my pics as their own profile pics.
Earlier this week, my family came across my account & were absolutely horrified to discover the hate & abuse I was getting & the impact that it was having on my mental health & wellbeing as well as on my elderly mother who put in a few appearances on my page speaking up to haters.
After my family came across my page, I was advised to come off the app & I have done exactly that, but now I feel socially isolated as I have been completely housebound for almost three years & the only friends I had were on there, because I am not going to lie, whilst I had a lot of haters & slanderers on there, there were people on there who were genuine good friends to me, but when I suggested to my family to quickly pop back on just to message a selected few good friends that I had on there, my email address as it would be the only way we can keep in touch now, my family strongly advised me against it telling me that they would never be my true friends for life, & the only solution is to get myself walking again & join groups or clubs for adults whom have autism like myself as it's friends whom are on the same wavelength as myself who'll be my true friends for life.
I actually do value that advice but still miss the genuine friends whom were decent to me on TikTok.
So now I face a dilemma, decency or wavelength.
& in answer to your question about staying safe on social media?
Speaking from experience here, my simple answer is that you actually can't, you'll always come across haters no matter what.
Sad world we all live in these days, but it's true.
I gave up on social media my local Facebook help group reject any posts you put up asking for reasonable help and even rejected a post asking if local retailers would consider donating posters of events rather than tossing them in the trash
You ask for career help your made to feel like your stupid
And threads seemed good until you realised how people just want ebgagmebt and likes
Protecting Yourself - Get Safe Online (UK): https://www.getsafeonline.org/personal/article-category/protecting-yourself/ (Website)
Includes a list of related topics, such as Safe Internet Use, Oversharing, Safe Online Dating, etc.
I value this place too. I don't do any other social media, its a mix of not knowing how to use it, how to keep myself safe, finding it overwhelming and lack of general interest. I remember FB first coming out and I couldn't see the attraction of it then, I know its expanded loads now, the only things I could see myself really using it for is to find trades who now seem more likely to inhabit it than have web sites or even phone numbers.
I value being part of this community, regardless of it being open to anyone.
Me too 
You probably know that this forum is open to be read by anyone even non members.
I do, so I just follow the rules about not giving away where I live. It's always a balancing act but I value being part of this community, regardless of it being open to anyone.
I don't use Instagram
I love Instagram now it's just following my interests but you are right that it's a time sink.
I scroll to relax looking at images that interest me and learning.
I only join closed groups, where my posts can only be seen by other group members
You probably know that this forum is open to be read by anyone even non members.
However not revealing one's identity here is a major thing with NAS so that diminishes any negative impact.
I have my Facebook account locked down so that only friends can see my posts and only firends of friends can ask to friend me. I don't accept friend requests even from them, unless they send me a message to introduce themselves. I never click on ads or post anything on public posts by friends or pages I follow. I only join closed groups, where my posts can only be seen by other group members. If anyone from a group messages me that I don't know, I don't respond if it's the sort of scam message that starts with "Hi, I admire your posts" of something similarly creepy that's likely to be a scammer.
Like Vardaguyn, I don't post pictures of myself or where I am. I don't give my town in my profile or post pictures of where I live. I don't say where I live in posts, or in community groups like this. Basically, I try to avoid giving personal info that could identify me. I don't use Instagram or other media sites which offer endless opportunities for spending hours scrolling.
