Several new people were approved and I believe a few have introduction posts now. Welcome to our corner of the internet!
I'm making this post to slowly, over this next week, locate and boost them and link in this thread so members can welcome them to our server.
Be safe all!
Let's welcome Autumn to #DisabledSocial!
https://disabled.social/@Autumn_and_their_illness/116414247280921358
Welcome May Fox to #DisabledSocial !
Welcome @corvidprince to #DisabledSocial ! Corvid doesn't have an intro post yet, but still welcome them to our server.
3 Posts, 2 Following, 1 Follower · wheelchair user • Deaf • schizotistic
Let's welcome Mercedez to #DisabledSocial !
Let's also welcome Caroline to #DisabledSocial ! I didn't find an intro post to boost, but I'd like to welcome them formally anyway. :)
9 Posts, 389 Following, 58 Followers · Married middle-aged woman from Sweden. AuDHD. Democratic socialist.
Let's also welcome @bird_thing to #DisabledSocial ! I did not find an intro post, but still wanted to lift up one of our newer members!
Let's welcome Angelcide to #DisabledSocial ! Although it's a few months late, I'd still like to boost and lift up their intro post!
Please welcome @bugboy , @psystemfailure , @theblackparade , @pyrrh , @nebulacomet -- all new folks since January who have yet to post intro threads.
Also welcome @BedFullOfPlushies who has been active since joining disabled.social, so check them out!
I finally caught up with all the people who joined since January who either posted or filled out their profile and profile pic.
I didn't mention the ones who joined that show no activity as I'm not sure if those people realize their application was accepted or not.
From here on out, I'll focus on new people who joined from mid-April onward. I'll take another break before I do that. :)
Let's welcome our newest #DisabledSocial members!
Hiroko Yamaguchi, welcome to our server: https://disabled.social/@LimurianHiro/116702968922387881
Welcome Rowan! Let us know if you have any questions.
Welcome Heather! Let us know if you have any questions!
https://disabled.social/@pocket_of_heather/116609571536016636
Welcome Hran! Let us know if you have any questions.
So there was more people who signed up, but I only included the ones that completed their profile and did at least one post. Be sure to say hello and welcome them!
I do wonder why others who signed up and were approved never return to set up their profile and interact with us. Seems like out of five I approve only one will actually follow through and post. Is this fairly common for other servers too?
@Aaidanbird We're finding a lot of applications for accounts that are giving identical reasons that are unrelated to the focus of this server.
They feel 'bot-like, but "AI" is starting to make them feel more human-like.
So you may be seeing some of that.
Do you require people to provide a reason for joining your server? If so, do the reasons given feel specific to your server?
Oh, ok. Yes, I've declined a few that were almost identical but with different usernames, their reasoning either nonsensical or random.
The ones we let in are the ones that fit the questions we ask in the application everyone has to fill out, but there's been a few that were generalized which made it hard to tell if it was a human or not.
I worry about accidentally letting in ai bots, but with how weirdly humanlike some can get, how can we safeguard our servers from that?
@Aaidanbird I'm reminded of the problems in Canada with making trash bins that humans can use, but bears can't get into.
It turns out that the smarter bears are smarter than quite a lot of humans.
So it may turn out with people asking for accounts on Mastodon 8-(
So ... yeah. We keep trying, and just have to accept that we will make mistakes in both directions.
The Bird
Colin the Mathmo
Hiroko Yamaguchi