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
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.