Computer Scientist, Software Engineer, Games Master and Secretary of #CERN Games Club. I started playing #RPGs in the 1980s, when the only form of social media was #WhiteDwarf magazine. When I first got on the Internet, WWW had not yet been invented — my first experience of online forums was on #USENET. Forums blossomed through the 2000s, but were eclipsed by the walled gardens of #BigTech in the 2010s. I took refuge in the fediverse.