I’m coping with the stress of finding all my favorite people on Mastodon by pretending they’re Pokémon. “Yesssss, just caught JordanLHawk! New one for the Mastodex!”
@ursulav hiiiiiii it's adrienne/iridienne, how are you???

@ursulav this is absolutely how I'm treating this migration of my friends to Mastodon and Cohost and Pillowfort.

Gotta fill up the friend-dex.

I just wish I got a starter pokemon out of the deal, too.

@ursulav That is a really good way to see it. Rarer ones only show up on one or two other social media while more common ar on all.
@ursulav Whilst Mastodex is exactly the right coinage here, it still feels...inappropriate?
@growf yeah, I couldn’t think of a better one, though I tried.
@ursulav I should try that, only I don't know how Pokémon works, either.

@ursulav Now I want all people I follow to come with a little picture and a fun fact about their habits and--

--wait I'm just describing their icon and little profile bio. I guess they do already, then.

@ursulav I don't know much about Pokémon, but I am absolutely looking at this MastoQuest that way starting now!

@ursulav Something like this was how I used to motivate myself to do homework in elementary school when I had to write mini reviews for articles about historical figures like presidents or scientists or whatever. I'd pretend they were sitting at the table with me and "interview" them and it all was so much easier.

Anyway, I'm watching your adds and making many of them my adds.

@ursulav Debirdift helped me a LOT in setting up shop here
@andrhia @ursulav I used debirdify also, but I’m not sure how much longer it’s going to work, as it has to connect to your Twitter account.
@ursulav omg that exactly how I've been thinking of it! 🤣
@ursulav You're HERE!!!! (and don't know me from Adam, but I am so pleased the Oggish story threads will continue)
@ursulav oh good you are here. I need 5 more authors, a soccer star, & a handful of scientists to complete my mastodex.
@ursulav You found deadrose23 (or actually, I found you).
@ursulav welcome to the toot place
@ursulav Excited to have you active over here! I've missed the shouting with @neolithicsheep and @KBSpangler.
@ursulav I just found you! Gotta catch 'em all!
@ursulav Hi, I’m here now too. 📚❤️
@ursulav Gotta Masto them all. No, wait, that might not sound right.
@ursulav
I was pretty stoked to find you here, along with a half dozen of my other favorite authors from Twitter.
@ursulav it really brings unfortunate new depth of meaning to “doomscrolling”
@ursulav aww, someday I want to be someone's pokemon 😍
@ursulav I’m absolutely shameless about raiding the follow lists of people I like to find folks 😂
@ursulav we’re definitely reaching critical mass. George Takei is here.

@ursulav

Gotta catch 'em all!  

(Thanks for the excuse for using that emojo!)

@ursulav @melanyabelta that’s how I’ve been approaching it!
@ursulav I FOUND YOU. HAHAHA YES. I also hung your art in my new apartment.
@ursulav It's one of the few times I've been grateful for the low amount of mutuals I had on Twitter. I have no idea how people with hundreds, or thousands, can manage.
@ursulav same here, and now I found you 🥳
@ursulav at what stage is JordanLHawk?! Where do I find it?
@ursulav it’s fun finding people on here! (Also, I loved Nettle and Bone.)