the big stickied thread is getting cluttered with lots of new people and the “how was your week” thread isn’t a great fit for introductions, so it seems about time to make this a dedicated thread of its own so peoples’ posts aren’t getting lost.

tell us a little bit about yourself, folks. don’t gotta be too specific or revealing, just whatever you want to put out there. this’ll be a good way of getting to know all the people you’re now on here with

  • claudinec@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    My introduction to online communities was through listservs and Usenet in the early days of the eternal September (1993-1994). I begrudgingly joined various corporate social media platforms to keep up with friends and family; thought that Reddit (a decade ago anyway) carried some of the spirit of old Usenet but knew a centralised corporate platform would eventually start eating its users. I’m hopeful that the various manifestations of the fediverse will gradually turn the tide of the internet back towards decentralisation.

    I dithered over whether to use the slightly anonymous handle that I’ve used on Reddit and a few other platforms, or a less anonymous one that I’ve used in more places – ended up choosing the one that I’ve used on Mastodon accounts among many others.

    IRL I alternately call myself a professional filer and a professional queer, as I work for an LGBTIQ+ archive. Politics, literature, and tech seem to be well covered here; I think the communities I’ll miss the most from Reddit are the ones devoted to coffee and stationery.