AnilDec 5, 2022
Me, days into slogging through editing and fixing broken links/media on decades of my blog archives: “damn, who wrote all this shit?”
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goofy sees my blog
Dec 5, 2022 at 12:14amWeb
Show threadAnilDec 5, 2022
If you want to know how different social media used to be, I blogged about our wedding on the day it happened, and left the comments open, including to anonymous commenters, and all the comments were sweet and positive.
Show threadJohn MinnihanDec 5, 2022
@anildash
the good ol' days
Show threadLes OrchardDec 5, 2022
@anildash Huh, same here! https://blog.lmorchard.com/2006/06/09/wedding-day-is-today/
Wedding Day is Today

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Show threadLes OrchardDec 5, 2022
@anildash And same for our engagement :) https://blog.lmorchard.com/2005/06/17/were-engaged/
We're engaged!

blog.lmorchard.com
Show threadEmma Builds 🚀Dec 5, 2022

@lmorchard @anildash

I came out eight years ago this month and folks were kind.

https://emceeaich.dreamwidth.org/165577.html

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Show threadJeremyDec 5, 2022
@anildash It was so much easier back when there were somewhere between 12 and 1200 of us on the interwebs.
Show threadGenghisKen CoarDec 5, 2022
@floregonian @anildash
🤣🤣
Proud to have been one of those.
Show threadJeremyDec 5, 2022

@anildash

I've heard Mastodon referred to (not particularly nicely) as "the suburbs." I don't mean this that way. It was easier to be nice when there were so few of us . . . but things are *better* when this space is for all of us. It's not about walling off . . . it's about remembering that humans are humans and treating each other with the kind of kindness we could muster back when we were a small community. This should be everyone's *and* we should be kind to each other.

Show thread12foxfireDec 5, 2022
@anildash
Sweet!
Show threadGenghisKen CoarDec 5, 2022
@anildash
Ahh, yes. I remember those days. That was before the #USENET #trolls discovered #blog comments. IMHO.
Show threadNicole LeeDec 5, 2022
@anildash Back when I was getting married, I blogged about it and linked to my wedding registry, never really expecting anyone to get us anything. We received at least 2-3 gifts from people who read the blog!
Show threadAnilDec 6, 2022
@Nicole same!
Show threadJoe CrawfordDec 5, 2022
@anildash same. https://artlung.com/blog/2004/12/21/today-the-day/
Show threadUncle 6 🌁Dec 5, 2022
@anildash Not even a “congratulations buddy, there’s a wrong way to fold towels now”??
Show threadRuby S.Dec 5, 2022
@anildash
Those were the days! Humans being humans on the web. ❤️
Show threadMarc HedlundDec 5, 2022
@anildash in those days we called it the wediverse
Show threadAnilDec 5, 2022
@marcprecipice marc no
Show threadJyoti MishraDec 5, 2022

@anildash I used to put *my home address* on websites so I could sell records.

Yup.

Show threadRaygan Kelly Dec 5, 2022
@anildash I recorded a video of my wife and I changing our Facebook status to “Married”, which we did *immediately* following the ceremony, and which felt nearly as momentous as the rite itself.
Now my Facebook account is just this dead abandoned thing I’ve been dragging behind me unused for a decade but that I somehow can’t bare to just cut loose.
(Fortunately the marriage is still going great though 🙂)
Show threadGracjan NowakDec 5, 2022
@raygan @anildash It’s been over 5 years since I deleted my Facebook account and I still consider it to be one of the best decisions of my life. I want nothing to do with that company. It seemed radical at the moment, but I quickly got over it and didn’t want to come back.
Show threadAlexanderDec 5, 2022
@anildash I also remember those Ancient Times when people were just happy to meet and talk to others from all around the world.
Show threadDennis FischmanDec 5, 2022
@anildash what year(
Show threadJohn Spounias  Dec 5, 2022
@anildash I clicked the link, +1