One year today since I joined Mastodon. And I’ve never regretted it. Thanks to everyone who makes this space so much fun. And thanks to everyone who has followed me through this adventure! #Mastodon#mastoversary
One year on infosec.exchange and it's been amazing. Thank you to @jerry for hosting (and administering) such an awesome instance of Mastodon and thank you to all of the fantastic people that make up this community.
Today is my official "Mastoversary." Now this account I made in November 2022, but my first Mastodon account as made today two years ago on Dot Social.
In these two years, my social media experience has been better. I've had more direct conversations with folks about so many things. Learned about more new music. Kept connected about politics, without as much of the...wild anger, bitterness, and screaming angrily into the void.
Wherein i decide to post a sappy, saccharine-filled, four minute infomercial for Mastodon and the Beige Party cuz it’s today is my one year on Masto day!
Don’t bother wasting your money on extra cheese. This is pretty dang cheesy right outta the box.
Love you all super bunchies to the moon and back!!!
7 years on Mastodon, time flies by. At first, as a addition to Twitter. Then I started posting here and cross-copying there, and gradually Twitter lost all interest. I'm delighted that this non-predatory network exists, and that so many of us can fund its development teams and administrators. #Mastoversary
Today is my 1-year anniversary on Mastodon! Exactly 365 days ago, I decided to tell :spacekaren: to shove it, deleted my profile, and landed here on #CORTEXIMPLANT to grace all y'all with my glorious presence! 🤣🤣🤣
But seriously, this was the first instance I landed on and I have not regretted it for a single minute! I love it here, and am really glad that I landed here first. Thank you to everybody that welcomed me in and has made this place feel like home on the big, bad Internet! :pixelheart: :Blobhaj_Thanks_Love:
Keep on hacking the Gibson, my shroomers, fumers, and choomers! :samurai:
Like quite a few folks, my mastodon 1st anniversary was a few weeks ago – some reflections from the ride so far...
Joined just prior to John Mastodon founding & naming the platform after himself, and have learned a lot from the always gracious JM
Appreciate how artists sharing their work plus community/mutual aid are welcome here (there are, of course, some turdslaws about it, h/t @genderlessinsults, so we should all keep encouraging both)
I don't know any of you in person but I'm so grateful knowing that you're all here ready with advice and laughs and support.
You've introduced me to new books, new TV shows, and new ways of thinking. I don't think I could do this without you and even if I could, I sure as hell wouldn't want to.
My 1 year mark with infosec.exchange was a few days ago. Not a lot to say but many thanks to @jerry for the extremely thoughtful and technically proficient way he runs things around here. Most importantly, thanks for giving me a place where I can post more than 500 chars at a time 😁. Here’s to more years!
Um. I guess I missed my mastoversary five days ago.
Just about one year ago I joined Mastodon. Like so many other folks, during the mass exodus.
What a great decision. I’m so happy to have forged such a wonderful community here. I’m grateful for all of you. Thanks for being awesome and having me in this rad corner of the web. 🙌🏻
I can honestly say a) how much I’ve enjoyed my year here, b) that I have not a single regret about leaving ahem ahem cough, and c) that I loathe and despise ahem ahem cough even more now than I did then.
And I hope people like my Daily Wales pics (have had messages asking why they’re no longer on ahem ahem cough, always happy to explain), so here’s another to mark the anniversary. Almost. As in five days ago. #mastodon#mastoversary
I'm so happy that we have managed to build such a friendly little community here.
Speaking of which: Our database is growing, so the server costs have been going up as well. So please consider, if you could spare some donations for the upkeep: https://ko-fi.com/lingolol
I am also considering setting up a merch shop. What sort of stuff would you hypothetically like to see in such a shop?
white van rolls up and pulls Wren inside
Ooof! muffled yells and thuds against van
*Wren is tossed out onto the sidewalk wearing beige robes holding a bowl full of Chiclets to sell.
Hello good sir. Alms for a Beige Party devotee on her anniversary?
Wren turns slowly and deadpan looks at the camera
I was blinking S-O-S your sorry sods.
I too am celebrating a years residency on Mastodon and am grateful for new friends, many laughs with #HashtagGames, and the kindness with which my thoughts, a few photos, many memes and artsy offerings have been received.
I have made a lot of friends on Fedi since then, but those six were either the first I knew who came over or the first bunch I became friends with while here on Mastodon. Glad to have met them!
Today's my #mastoversary .I had only lurked on twitter before, so this year I've had several firsts:
Posted some things and people were nice 😀
Interacted with strangers on the internet and it was fine (big step for an introvert!)
Discovered the @vagina_museum and got some great gifts!
First purchase from a small seller @blockforest - brilliantly original xmas cards.
Got inspired by photos to buy a camera and try to capture some birds. This chough is my favourite (so far)
I think I like it here!
My official #Mastoversary was in April. However, yesterday was the anniversary of when I joined the Urusai Instance.
In the year I've been on Urusai, I've went from about 300 to 1000 followers, which is still a third of what I had on Twitter. And yet, I'm finding myself having more likes, boosts, and real, genuine interactions now than I had over on the social media platform formally known as Twitter.
I don't miss it. I miss some of the people there, but not the platform.
I'm glad I made the switch to #Mastodon. And I'm glad for all the new folks I met here.
If Twitter is a blast-horn, and BlueSky a lecture at a tech conference… #Mastodon is the party that welcomes all, but only the cool kids know where it’s at, even though the welcome signs are everywhere.
Shamelessly will repost some stuff from the past today…and maybe something new. The day falls on bit of existing turmoil, a wild day for wild times.