Alex
griffi've been using forums since i was a tender little tadpole of eleven and let me tell you this. the secret to any online social space is just to say weird shit until you make friends
Anna Winterstein@sarahgriff Applicable to any walk of life imo.
CyberGingey 🤖@sarahgriff very true!
Arclight@sarahgriff I have found this to be true.
Rue Ciphervale@sarahgriff no lies detected, that's been how I've done it since 1992
Matt@sarahgriff What up fam
Glad it’s like the forums/BBS and not the Yahoo chat rooms. Or am I? Haha
alguma coisa na água@imwiththecats @sarahgriff wait what did you say BBS
Richard S. Westmoreland 
@sarahgriff some of my most viral tweets were just shitposts
"You do you" is Eu-gen-ics.
kalmn@sarahgriff One thousand million percent true. I just followed someone who said we need tardigrades around here.
RoAnna Sylver 
@kalmn @sarahgriff I legit saw that person earlier and loved it
Anthony Garrett
Docwho exists@sarahgriff porkchop sandwiches!
Pavel A. Samsonov@sarahgriff same and same
Karen
Hexenzsene@sarahgriff how weird exactly?
Tavy, Counterfeit Consciousness@sarahgriff this works offline too!
Sarah Giffrow@sarahgriff I’ve been on forums since I was 14, and yeah, can confirm 😆
Wendy!@sarahgriff
101010 in binary is 42 which is Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
Did I do that right?
Erin Giglio@sarahgriff also compliment people. Weird compliments are the best but any sincere compliments will do! A+ friend making strategy, no notes.
Payton 
@sarahgriff that's how I got started over on Twitter. Started off as a doctor who account tweeting daily doctor who quotes. Now I have 1.1k followers and tweet about BYU and being queer
Johan Barelds 🇪🇺@sarahgriff Hahaha, sounds familiair. Any experience how long the friend making part takes? (the rest is covered) 🤣
Joel Jonsson@sarahgriff i like u
SoapDog@sarahgriff that is the most wise and truthful saying ever.
Gravecat 
@sarahgriff It never fails. 
ColleenArt
Jcmacomber@sarahgriff
I believe this to be true for better or worse.
Someone once said, give the people what they want.
I believe this to be true for better or worse.
Someone once said, give the people what they want.
David FieldShit, you don’t say 🤣
Siobhán@sarahgriff weird shit...
Now I wait
Now I wait
Ro Smith@sarahgriff no lies detected.
The Duality of Xan@sarahgriff That's always been my tactic too.
Zoegond@sarahgriff also works for offline social spaces
Oldfriends.live Paul backup@sarahgriff I started with BBS in the mid 1980's (JR high age) on a first-generation IBM AT home desktop computer.
You're right.
📷 Wikipedia commons
Alex Knapp@sarahgriff @FeedingTubePaul There are days I truly miss BBSs! I still have fond memories of an IRL meetup of a BBS community I was a part of in the mid-90s.
Tim of the Cade@sarahgriff words to live by. to be honest it's sort of how all my favorite irl social interactions work as well.
Librarian Avenger
Rzetelny@sarahgriff showing up for in person events also feels important
FifiLeBean@sarahgriff same! And so true.
Stephanie J Lahey, PhD
Chloe Cumming@sarahgriff I find this surprisingly practical advice
Michał "phoe" Herdahey @trickster this is literally how I got to know you
Trickster@phoe every time someone follows me after making a post, almost any post, i feel a bit bad for them because the next post is going to be about the dumbest gross thing i think is funny now or about some niche topic i'm obsessively interested in this month
Jackie ❤️☮️🇵🇸🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧@sarahgriff
Is this on *just* social media, or in life in general?
Is this on *just* social media, or in life in general?
extinct went extinct@sarahgriff we've had that covered over in this corner of the fedi 
lobster@sarahgriff make friends … in the real world too? Hopi so …
M∀xime@sarahgriff I've had good results sending random GIFs as well
Estarriol@sarahgriff alwa6s worked for me.
@sarahgriff i just began following a few of you who showed up in the replies (do we call it like that in here?) because of your energy, we need that. (also, do we use punctuation marks in here as well?)
Play All The Things@sarahgriff it has never let me down.
Dena Mattox Rush@sarahgriff I like you, kid. Wish I could figure out how to follow you. 🤔 #BoomersOfMastadon 📱😫
Ellyn@sarahgriff Love it! I need new friends too.
Jessica Maybury
Rosa Q@sarahgriff Excellent life advice!