Welcome! Feel free to introduce yourself here in the c/main channel if you’d like.
From Chicago. I made the plunge to Mastodon (and here) after the Reddit shenanigans and just seeing the repeated bad-faith policies by Twitter. I have been using redirector and libredirect for the last month or two to actively decide who I give my data to just as a fun experiment into best practices.
I think it’s slowly starting to be clear that this type of setup will be the way forward for the more tech-savvy, privacy-focused users, and hopefully/eventually it hits the mainstream as well, but otherwise, it’s just self-selecting into the type of people I want to be around, which will probably be better for my mental health anyways.
I’m into cycling, trading, sci-fi and FOSS. Currently reading The Expanse and taking a sabbatical year from work
Edit: Just want to encourage people to engage w/ and create content over the next few weeks. Activity and friendly faces are probably the most determining factor in whether someone becomes an active user or just browses for a few minutes
Thank you for your edit to your post. I agree, engagement is key. I never posted on read, just consumed. Your edit encouraged me to be different this time. I want lemmy to succeed and grow. Liking what I see so far!
I have been meaning to get into the expanse. I’ve heard such great things about the show, and the books were often recommended on the various books subreddits when searching for sci-fi books. Will have to start that series.
I’m also reading the expanse. I’m just on book 2 though…my reading time is limited.
It’s a great read but a lot to books! Enjoy!
I just started Leviathan Wakes on Libby. It feels like a slow start… I cant tell if thats actually the case or I am just too burnt out.
Howdy! I’m Evan, I’m from STL, and recently graduated from S&T with a BS in CS, going back for an MS. I’m a linguist, software engineer, musician, FOSS contributor, and Fediverse enthusiast. I build computers, run servers, write music, and get angry at the US/MO on the daily.
P.S.: call me scum, because I’ve only ever used Reddit via their official app, but at least I jumped ship!
Everyone deserves a second chance, we’re glad you’re here!
Osiyo (Cherokee) Oy li’one (Tzotzil: I’m here)
SW Kansas here, and my brain has decided to take a back seat to life, so throw in chronic pains, I’m just hunting for a new way to exist. Don’t know what I’m doing yet, but I know I’m doing it, heh heh heh…What? I don’t know. Do you know? No I do not, but would you like to know? Of course I would. Well tough luck there, pal.
Anyway, before the 'ol thinker decided to call it quits, I used to be quite the nerd. I dabbled in C, assembly, bash (Slackware user, so I better know bash, heh), calc, pari/gp, mathematics (Began aiming for number theory just before the brain gave out), native american languages, sharks, carnivorous plants, ferns, cooking, just to name the easiest.
Hi there from Madison, WI! I am the developer of Voyager :)
Another former reddit user from the Twin Cities here. Enjoying learning about lemmy so far, still trying to figure out how it works! Big fan of disc golf, board games, books, and video games.
Hi y’all! I’m from Indiana. Nice to meet you all!
Nice to have you here.
Sup nerds. I’m Miah, I’m from Western Michigan. I’m a UNIX/Linux nerd, Right to Repair advocate, and transgender woman. I’ve been working on our cars by myself and would love to make some car nerd friends. My wife and I have 24 chickens, and a budding garden.
trans, married, AND you have 24 chickens? you’re winning at life
I’m certainly trying =)
Hi Miah! What did you think of this year’s pride events? Ottawa County had some really strong turnouts despite the commission being the worst.
Welcome Miah!
Hey friends! Twin Cities chiming in. Classic story of jumping ship now that reddit has struck the iceberg. Hoping to find new communities here for scratching my artistic itches. I’m a drummer, DJ, designer, illustrator, who dabbles with music production. Let’s get weird.
There’s some communities springing up from waveform.social
Awwww yeeeee! Damn decent of ya, cheers!
My name’s Tyler. I live in NE Kansas, about an hr from KCK-Proper.
I get really into things quickly and then forget about them just as fast; Usually just enough to break something, get frustrated, and grab something else. My home is a monument to my family’s abandoned hobbies.
Hello fellow northeastern Kansan. I totally relate to your cycling interests. I sometimes tell people that my hobby is hobbies.
hi from Peoria, IL. Been here about 6 months and just found the docs, lol. Thanks to all you admin types driving. Good times.
Howdy! I live in Indiana, reddit exodus member and I’m looking for a new place to call my internet home.
Good morning, midwestern Lemmites! Actually a Hexbear refugee, I got banned when they found out I organize with Trotskyists. Don’t worry though, my IRL organizing work creates enough personal irritation that I don’t need to harass people who disagree with me in order to get it. I’m just here cuz its a leftish space of localish people, who post memes and stories I can comment on. I like Music, art, videogames, tech, books (history, social theory, sci fi)…well I actually have too many hobbies and interests to list. Thanks for letting me in your little instance!
Welcome!
From a Wisconsin Exurb of the Twin Cities. I am an astronomer and instrumentation physicist, most of my day job is debugging software and electronics. But sometimes it is looking at galaxies and exoplanets. I am getting back into running after an injury and am currently reading about political economics.
Welcome! We have many software people on the instance. Come join the Matrix channel.
Howdy! I’m Mike and I’m in South West Ohio. Im an Ex Sync user migrating like a lot of others.
One question… before I go scrub my, ahem… account on that nameless platform, is there an online banking system that will allow my to transfer my hard earned internet points to another platform? You know, kinda like a rollover from one 401k to another?
Not that I had any huge amount.
Anyway… OH!!!
Hi Mike! There isn’t really karma here like at the other place.
Yeah, I figured there wasn’t since I didn’t see any counter listed on the user profile… just a hamfisted attempt at early morning (early since i just woke up) humor.
Thanks for verifying my suspicion though!
Hey y’all I’m Josh and I’m from Iowa but go to school for Music in SoDak. Getting booted off Reddit because I only use Apollo and this seems like a pretty solid alternative. Looking forward to building the communities with y’all!
Upon further investigation of this comment section I may be the only SoDakian in here lol. Surprised SoDakZack hasn’t jumped over from Reddit
