20 days later, I’m back home after Gingee’s demise. Nothing has changed, her soil playfield beside the house is now covered with weed. We used to clean that area fearing snakes coz gingee was that dumb with no survival skillset.
Mom got emotional when we talked about it today. I badly want to get another puppy but mom is vehemently opposing it saying she can’t go through the pain of losing a child once more.
Hello, my Twitter-leaving new friends! Lovely to have some new folks following, that's always pleasant.
My tips for enjoying the Fediverse:
1) Follow hashtags. This is a neat feature of the Fedi, You can literally follow a hashtag.
2) Follow people who are different from you. Open your world to new ideas and new people. Unlike Twitter, moderation exists here, and the admins and mods do a lot of great work keeping Fedi as safe as possible. You're not likely to accidentally run into a pocket of right-wing fanatics.
3) Your Home timeline is not algorithm-driven. It picks up all the people you follow, and the hashtags, and puts their posts in chronological order (mostly) in your timeline. This means you're the driver of how busy it is.
4) Ignore all the people with "you must do this to be Fedi enough" attitudes. Yes, you should use alt-text, and CW, and a bunch of other stuff, but you'll learn that over time, as you acclimate to the culture here. Don't let anyone make you feel unwelcome because you don't know it yet.
5) Do make an #Introduction post when you have time. People regularly read that hashtag, and respond to new people.
Enjoy your time here. Follow a bunch of people, and grow from there. And remember our numbers are smaller here - it takes a bit longer to grow your follower numbers, but the engagement is reportedly (by recent Twitter migrants) more effective than Twitter has been in many months.
Cait the Proud Trans Woman