Have I said how much I love #Mastodon (and #GnuSocial)?

I checked it out because some blogger said we all should.

Then I visited several themed instances. I soon found TenForward.social and created my @Redshirt27 persona, then wrote some toots as if I had just beamed aboard the Enterprise.

What started as themed posting soon turned into a story told via entries in a Redshirt's personal log.

I have never before felt such creative freedom in such a safe zone.

It changed me.