We just made it past 1000 signups this morning. Nearly everyone joining had very thoughtful and meaningful explanations of why they want to try using this instance. It is an amazing time for the internet and we truly appreciate SDF being a part of this.
Hi! I’m a developer (mainly backend, but studying system programming and happily tinkering after work). I’m considering closing my accounts on centralised social networks for good. I’ve tried mastodon and nostr, but the microblogging format is not something I particularly enjoy. I’m also setting up my capsule in the gemini space and trying out gopher as well. Happy to connect there as well if anybody is interested :) You’ll find me commenting/reading on lobste.rs as well.
Hello. I’m someone who’s previously/currently had accounts with 2 other nonprofit Unix shell account providers similar to SDF since approximately 1996/1997, and first found out about SDF maybe 10 years later while looking for other email-account-provider options. Then, last year, I saw SDF’s Mastodon instance listed on joinmastodon.org, and decided to sign up for an account there… which eventually (thanks to the email announcement that was sent to users registered there) led me to this Lemmy instance.
I suppose the main reason why I decided to sign up here is out of hope that ActivityPub/Fediverse will become similar to, but better than, the various types of discussion forum systems (Usenet/NNTP, mailing lists, mailing list archivers like Pipermail & MHonArc, phpBB/vBulletin-style web forums) that were popular in the '90s and '00s. Personal blogging/microblogging systems (Mastodon, etc.) aren’t an adequate replacement for newsgroups/forums, as far as I’m concerned; to paraphrase something I read elsewhere, too much of so-called social media is mostly about “look at me”, as opposed to “look at this” (i.e. organized by topic).
(By the way: Lemmy currently seems to have some sort of incompatibility problem with QtWebEngine and/or the Falkon web browser. I initially tried to post this from Falkon, but the “Preview” and “Post” buttons were disabled even after typing some text, so I ended up posting this from Firefox instead.)
I am a software engineer and consultant. I started out working in Assembly and Fortran, which will give you some idea of how long I’ve been around… These days I work for a company that provides internet solutions to non-profits. I love working with people who are trying to make the world a better place.
I have always been a gadget geek and have unreasonably large collections of multitools, knives, flashlights, pens, and similar things. I also know more about things like metallurgy, LED technologies, and ink chemistry than I have any need for, but it all keeps me entertained.
Ultimately, I like people. I’m something of an introvert, which makes it harder for me to make contacts, but I really enjoy talking with people. The extreme polarization of views we have at the moment is deeply disturbing to me, but I am trying hard not to hate the extremists as people, even while working to repair all the damage they are doing. I still believe that we have more in common than we do differences.
reddit was my primary online community for well over a decade. Now that I no longer want to be there I’m grateful that SDF is helping to provide a better venue. And I appreciate the rest of you for providing a friendly community.
Hello peeps! I’m delial (/dɛlaɪəl/). I heard about SDF from a random comment on HN about 5 years ago, and I immediately fell in love. I tend to be a lurker, but I hang out on Mastodon and post occasionally.
I’m a professional software dev, and I sling code all day. C# for pay; Rust, Bash, Python, and recently Awk for fun. I have my own little homelab that I’ve been exploring Linux network administration with. Besides that, I watch a lot of horror movies and collect books and comics.
Hello World! I just got approved today and have been getting use to how it is here and rest of the federated Lemmy. I’m an exile from Reddit and I knew of SDF for quite a while but it took the push from Reddit to come over and sign up for the ssh and Lemmy. So far I am glad to be here and am planning to make ARPA payment when I get my check.
Also if anyone has interesting suggestions or places in the federated Lemmy, let me know. I’m still getting use to here.
Hi! I’m Marvin (well here I am Marvin, most people know me under different names), named after a depressed Robot with an immense intellect. I didn’t choose the name because of my intellect…
I’m getting paid pretty badly for being a sysadmin (but I don’t deal with glasspanes or fruits. Only penguins).
In my free time I sometimes code (mostly python, some webdev stuff, sometimes a little bit Rust), once in a blue moon strum some things on my guitar,go climbing, do some shitty woodworking and loads of other stuff. I think I might have ADHD because it’s hard for me to focus on most things and my interest in stuff quickly dwindles. That’s why I have loads of unfinished projects or ideas lying around.
I love metal music.
I’m pretty shy and suffer from social anxiety. I’ve been single most of my life and am kind of a loner.
The two times I’ve been in relationships were pretty abusive and left me yearning for death, a feeling I had throughout most of my childhood. I think talking to people I find attractive was hard before all that but it feels like nowadays it’s impossible. Also I have no clue how to tell if someone is interested in me. I never was. Only in hindsight.
I’m pretty lonely but too scared to do anything about it.
I’ve been clean and sober for almost 6 years now. Which doesn’t help in getting to know people. I know was way more talkative and outgoing when I drank. But I could never stop when I started.
Im in my midthirties and to be honest I still feel like the last years of school were the best time of my life.
I’ve been through a lot of therapy, which helped me a lot with my confidence and to deal with my thoughts and feelings. I’m a lot better than I’ve.been most of my life but life still sucks most of the time.
Here is something I could never tell anybody IRL: even though my life is pretty good right now and I have not had any suicidal thoughts in a long time I am pretty sure that I will be the one to end my life. It won’t be in the forseeable future but I can’t see myself getting old on this rotten planet with so many rotten peaople.
Sorry to be such a downer but it feels great to be honest. And that’s something that is really hard for me. Especially to people I care about and that includes myself :)
Hope you all are living your best life out there!
And as some pretty awesome musicians said: Rock on! And be excellent to each other!
Hello, I’m saba! I’ve been on sdf a few years, can’t remember exactly when I signed up. I’m currently a metaarpa supporter because sdf provides a lot of great services to people with similar interests to me. I’ve been on the mastodon.sdf.org instance since it’s beginning. I signed up on lemmy.ml 3 years ago when I first heard of it and then didn’t really visit it much for a couple years. With the recent reddit exodus, I started using it again. When I noticed it was getting busier, I thought it would be great if sdf hosted an instance, then I got the email about this instance! Great to be here! You can also chat with me on irc or sometimes on com if I have time and am listening to anonradio.
Hey, everyone! I'm Doug Anger / daanger. I've been on SDF for awhile. I'll likely be a bit quiet here for awhile as I'm working on a master's thesis, but I'm excited to get better acquainted with more of the community.
Hey, folks! I'm yet another Reddit leaver looking for a new home on the Internet. I initially wasn't aware of SDF until I was browsing possible Lemmy instances to join and saw that this one had lots of tech-related communities. I thought it was a good vibe since that's what I'm interested in as a photographer and gamer, but I had to know what SDF was, so down the rabbit hole I went.
I'm not a programmer or coder and don't think I could have the patience for it, but this whole thing is fascinating and makes me want to SSH in to SDF! I've already ditched Windows for Linux on my home machine, so luckily I won't be starting from scratch with a terminal. If anyone wants to provide tips or a resource, I'm all ears.
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