Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet.
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@MrAndrewD well it is disconcerting to see people riding on the other side but it seems pretty relevant to here, and ideas transferrable to other advocacy contexts too.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom Welcome! Welcome! I looked blindly around not knowing where to start and I'm still a beginner but, use the search function and look for things you're interested in such as permaculture/music/musicians/socialscience, etc. check some out and follow/boost as you wish. Make a few posts. Unfollow the posts you don't want anymore and find hashtags of posts you like and then check those out and pretty soon you'll have followers and a pretty good feed going.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom Your intro works well! Glad you’re here. If you don't mind, I think I'll follow you, as I also have a passion for complaining in writing.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom The web Mastodon I find isn't as good as installing a Mastodon client program. More options.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom there'll be plenty of people who will happily step into the role of Telling You How To Use [anything] Properly(tm), but honestly, if you're here sincerely you've 95% got the hang of it, the rest is just getting the feel of a new space
️ I'm US here (yeah, I know), in an area that's *relatively* pushing back against All That, I'm a musician in person (vibes, piano, jazz, little bit of everything) but I've done a terrible job of sharing that side of me on here, I've tended to focus on a blossoming new nature photography hobby, because in my view there's a severe shortage of joy in the world right now, so any small thing I can do to try to contribute to the reserves and counter that, seems like a good life goal right now ^_^ I have a few online-only NZ friends, happy to make the acquaintance of one more
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@desertsquare good question. There seem to be shared norms of behaviour that people pick up over time, but maybe the Fediverse is still developing little pockets of norms?
@Torithom @desertsquare I think there are some common norms, but there are also some that are unique to certain instances (another term for a Mastodon server). So things done on the forkiverse.com might differ from my instance, CoSocial.ca. For example, we’re a co-op where all members pay annual dues to cover operating costs. We have annual meetings, a book club, etc. Truly a community.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom
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@Torithom there'll be plenty of people who will happily step into the role of Telling You How To Use [anything] Properly(tm), but honestly, if you're here sincerely you've 95% got the hang of it, the rest is just getting the feel of a new space
️ I'm US here (yeah, I know), in an area that's *relatively* pushing back against All That, I'm a musician in person (vibes, piano, jazz, little bit of everything) but I've done a terrible job of sharing that side of me on here, I've tended to focus on a blossoming new nature photography hobby, because in my view there's a severe shortage of joy in the world right now, so any small thing I can do to try to contribute to the reserves and counter that, seems like a good life goal right now ^_^ I have a few online-only NZ friends, happy to make the acquaintance of one more
@daemonicusprince I like that idea, it's refreshing! Cool, I'm also a piano and jazz person among other things
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@Torithom @desertsquare I think there are some common norms, but there are also some that are unique to certain instances (another term for a Mastodon server). So things done on the forkiverse.com might differ from my instance, CoSocial.ca. For example, we’re a co-op where all members pay annual dues to cover operating costs. We have annual meetings, a book club, etc. Truly a community.
@RandomCanuck that's cool, what is the main thing that unites the community? Is it the idea of federated social media itself?
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom Welcome! Here's a great source for answering all those questions most people have as they join and get confused: https://fedi.tips
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom Hello from the UK! It's great to have you here!
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Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
@Torithom radiacal care? That's my kind of radical.
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@NicelyManifest yes, I've seen a few books about that lately which I've been trying to get hold of! Especially where I am right now, as an arts educator advocacy for the arts existing at all is so prevalent. And yes, not evidence based grr.
@Torithom What a splendid and of course important role you have!
If only we had politicians who actually understood education - full as it is with counter intuitive aspects that are completely missed by linear minded lazy MPs. That music is vastly catalytic across the brain - enhances other subject domains.
School taught me I was bad at woodwork - years later doing things for joy I sold most of the things I made.
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@gardencat ohno, that's not good about Herman's! It's been about a decade now but I used to go there, special place.
@Torithom@theforkiverse.comi
I understand that there are people trying to find a new location for the club so it can continue. I hope they are successful! -
Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
Welcome!
You're doing fine, nice introduction!
If you want help with using this place, please feel free to ask. There is also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips
