Looking to use Friendica a bit more
Lately I've been trying to convince myself to use social media more, so I can actually socialize and not just spend all my time watching YT.
I actually used to use reddit chronically, but at this point I haven't posted anything in months and that's been a plus in my opinion.
I started by using Discord more (I know, ABSOLUTELY PROPRIETARY(TM), but I joined a really good server that isn't anywhere else like Matrix).
Then I started using Mastodon more, and to my surprise I got my first follower in the form of Patrick Volkerding, the creator of Slackware, my all-time favorite Linux distro. Pretty poggers if you ask me.
Mastodon's been doing pretty good for me, and now I'm taking things further by trying to use Friendica more often. Soon enough, I'll also try to get back in the habit of using Lemmy instead of reddit.
If it's federated/foss, I'll think about trying it (except Bluesky, I predict that platform is gonna get real spooky like Twitter in a matter of time).
Overall, look forward to seeing more of me on Friendica, and if you want you can check out my Mastodon at tronnerd82@mastodon.social
Shiri Bailem
in reply to TronNerd82 • •@TronNerd82 Just a heads up that I don't recommend relying on my server right now, it's located in Texas and I'm a trans-woman so this don't look super stable right now (I actually closed registration last week and made an announcement if you missed it)
You're free to stick around, I'm not kicking people off, but I just don't consider myself reliable at the moment.
TronNerd82
in reply to Shiri Bailem • •@Shiri Bailem I see. Well, hopefully things'll get better as far as running the server goes. If all goes to shit, there's other Friendica instances I can try. Hoping for the best for you.
Much love from South Carolina, where things aren't much better for LGBT people like us.
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in reply to TronNerd82 • •@TronNerd82 I mean you'll probably have either have some forewarning or have bigger issues on your mind if that comes about... ie. if I have to emergency bail then you're probably doing the same or about to...
If I do get the opportunity to escape this state or country I'll probably at least have time to give people a heads up that the server is going down.
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