ADHDeanASLJust gonna be honest here: To hell with bluesky; I’m at my social media limit. If Mastodon tanks, I’m going back to writing my jokes in bus station toilet stalls.
Allen Stenhaus@adhdeanasl If Mastodon tanks, I'm setting up an old school phpbb forum. That was the peak of social media, IMO.
Firehorseart Lives!Special interest forums were great.
It saves a lot of mental energy if you've joined a group where you know from the start what you have in common.
I used to belong to a couple of online forums that led to new friends IRL, socials and holidays.
One was a motorbike group, which I went on 2 trips abroad with (UK to France).
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Antti Peltola ⁂@allenstenhaus @adhdeanasl #Usenet was better and is based on open standards. Sadly it got killed for the same reasons as #IRC (onboarding experience sucks):