When did you ORIGINALLY join Mastodon and/or the Fediverse?

[drayson@dragonchat.org]

@catsalad I only found out about it in late 2025 through trying to find the source of a meme

[hispa@social.hispa.net]

@catsalad And Pre-Musk.

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@frobozz @thestrangelet Holy shit!!! I am so jealous

[loganer@mastodon.social]

@catsalad I was born after the end of the millenials but before the start of the gen zs

[frobozz@tty0.social]

@catsalad @thestrangelet You're not wrong, the polymers from the hose enhanced the flavor. We didn't have a trampoline, so we just wandered around breaking stuff.

[agturcz@circumstances.run]

@catsalad HERESY!

[supermoosie@mastodon.au]

@catsalad @frobozz @thestrangelet

Those forever chemicals, leached out with the heat, made the water taste extra sweet.

[bazkie@beige.party]

@catsalad gen X, so I picked "greatest generation"

[bazkie@beige.party]

@emily_rugburn @catsalad let me guess, there's also no 2022.. it's never enough is it! 🤪

[gavinisdie@masto.ai]

@catsalad I swear there was a year between 2021 and 2023, but can't remember it, was it 2021.5 or 2021 2?

[emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space]

@bazkie @catsalad i remember 2022 and it sucked.

[maggieb@mstdn.social]

@catsalad 2022!!!

[molotovbeaver@mastodon.social]

@catsalad 2027 ?
Are you one of them bloody "morale" time travelers ?
Can you stop being a wanker for five minutes, and give us some pointers on how to not set the human race on fire ?

[darkuncle@infosec.exchange]

@azonenberg @catsalad +1, I joined Fedi when Musk acquired Twitter. I had been on Twitter since the days when you had to update via SMS.

[federicoschonborn@app.wafrn.net]

@catsalad@infosec.exchange

I had created an account on Mastodon.social (the horror) around 2019 and had to dust it off the moment the unfunny guy bought Twitter

[catboycody@tech.lgbt]

@catsalad 2022...

[mees@sunny.garden]

@catsalad I love being able to choose multiple options.

[cattrin@social.treehouse.systems]

@catsalad either 2016 or 2017 but i didnt keep that account very long.
Feels like a lifetime ago

[bhhaskin@social.bitsofsimplicity.com]

@catsalad had a GNU social instance around 8 years ago. Moved from that since the development was dead.

[spartan_1986@infosec.exchange]

Where’s the Forgotten Generation (Gen X) - how appropriate.