Welcome! Feel free to introduce yourself here in the c/main channel if you’d like.

  • drthunder@midwest.socialEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Hey all, I live in Wisconsin and am exploring moving over from Mastodon because I like the Reddit-style interface better than Twitter-style. Like probably most here, I’m a tech nerd who is forever trying to get people away from the centralized internet.

  • milltertime_3227790@midwest.social
    18·
    2 years ago

    From Chicago. I made the plunge to Mastodon (and here) after the Reddit shenanigans and just seeing the repeated bad-faith policies by Twitter. I have been using redirector and libredirect for the last month or two to actively decide who I give my data to just as a fun experiment into best practices.

    I think it’s slowly starting to be clear that this type of setup will be the way forward for the more tech-savvy, privacy-focused users, and hopefully/eventually it hits the mainstream as well, but otherwise, it’s just self-selecting into the type of people I want to be around, which will probably be better for my mental health anyways.

    I’m into cycling, trading, sci-fi and FOSS. Currently reading The Expanse and taking a sabbatical year from work

    Edit: Just want to encourage people to engage w/ and create content over the next few weeks. Activity and friendly faces are probably the most determining factor in whether someone becomes an active user or just browses for a few minutes

    • FrancesTheMute@midwest.socialEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Thank you for your edit to your post. I agree, engagement is key. I never posted on read, just consumed. Your edit encouraged me to be different this time. I want lemmy to succeed and grow. Liking what I see so far!

      I have been meaning to get into the expanse. I’ve heard such great things about the show, and the books were often recommended on the various books subreddits when searching for sci-fi books. Will have to start that series.

    • HATEFISH@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      What kind of cycling? I’m in the market for a mountain bike at the moment but I’m hemming and hawing since the market seems shitty (and I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing)

  • miah@midwest.social
    9·
    2 years ago

    Sup nerds. I’m Miah, I’m from Western Michigan. I’m a UNIX/Linux nerd, Right to Repair advocate, and transgender woman. I’ve been working on our cars by myself and would love to make some car nerd friends. My wife and I have 24 chickens, and a budding garden.

  • CrelekTheRabbit@midwest.socialEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Hi there. Iowan leftist fleeing the mainstream platforms to help my mental health. Feeling disillusioned with national political action and wanting to focus my attention locally. I’m and avid gardener, war-gamer/mini painter, and forever D&D GM.

  • Juice@midwest.socialEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    Good morning, midwestern Lemmites! Actually a Hexbear refugee, I got banned when they found out I organize with Trotskyists. Don’t worry though, my IRL organizing work creates enough personal irritation that I don’t need to harass people who disagree with me in order to get it. I’m just here cuz its a leftish space of localish people, who post memes and stories I can comment on. I like Music, art, videogames, tech, books (history, social theory, sci fi)…well I actually have too many hobbies and interests to list. Thanks for letting me in your little instance!

  • Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    7 months ago

    From a Wisconsin Exurb of the Twin Cities. I am an astronomer and instrumentation physicist, most of my day job is debugging software and electronics. But sometimes it is looking at galaxies and exoplanets. I am getting back into running after an injury and am currently reading about political economics.

  • nick@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Hi everyone. I showed up here because I saw Seahorse at the Akron pride fest with his awesome flag, told some of my likeminded friends about it, and they found his post. I showed up to applaud him, and decided to just stick around.

    I used to use Reddit, with a very carefully curated list of subreddits, which I used replace my Twitter constant stimulation requirement. I had to ditch Reddit the day they killed Apollo and won’t be returning unless they reverse that decision.

    I’m happy to have found this place, it’s nice.

    I’m from Akron Ohio, work (remotely) in tech (job based in San Francisco), and do not like cops, landlords, or the ruling class really.

    I feel like I’d fit in here pretty well.

  • 9thSun@midwest.social
    6·
    2 years ago

    Hello, 9thSun here. Chicago resident. Boost for Reddit stopped working so I wanted to check out Lemmy. Hella into technologies.

  • biovoid@midwest.socialEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Hello, I’m void. Lifelong Michigander; catch me weekly dancing at R1 GLC. Other interests include free software, metal and industrial concerts, bio implants, and fermented foods—both homebrew and vegan goodies.

  • Maeve@midwest.socialEnglish
    5·
    4 months ago

    Hi, it’s just me, and thanks so much for having me. I had to migrate, I couldn’t abide by the sheer onslaught of typical liberal stuff that began coming in avalanches, lately, and I’ve got a lot of unlearning to do as I continue to properly educate myself.

    I was a little confused a while back at a post where a user complained of being banned, but his post was extremely misleading, so I apologize for my confusion. That cleared right up when he showed up in DMs talking about how weird our good host is.

    I appreciate your patience and helping me learn. I’m a little slow on the uptake sometimes, so I appreciate directness. I’ll get over hurt feelings, if any are caused by it. Thanks again for allowing me.

      • Maeve@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Probably. The user was extremely disingenuous, the post showed up in my other feed about a week ago. When I saw the photos in the thread later, I got a clue and the DM was just creepy-cultish. The whole thread ended up being that way. Again, I apologize it took me a minute to catch on.

        • seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.socialOPMEnglish
          41·
          4 months ago

          Lol, people are strange. There was a brony who posted about the thread in a fediverse drama community. A different user DM’d me because he didn’t like something I said so I just banned him.

          Either way, welcome.

          • Maeve@midwest.socialEnglish
            3·
            4 months ago

            Thanks so much, again.

            It’s interesting that people in the Midwest and Southeast are starting to see what’s happening. Almost like our leaders got overconfident and started doing way too much, way too fast.

            Btw, I found the thread. It wasn’t the OP that dm’d me, and I don’t recall whether I’ve personally had issues with them, so if OP happens to see this, here is my apology for that, too. The user in my DM was the creepy one.

  • DavidP@midwest.social
    5·
    2 years ago

    Hi all, just joined. I live a bit north of Milwaukee. I’ve enjoyed perusing the local communities to see what my neighbors are up to.

  • FemmeGauche@midwest.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    FemmeGauche here. I’m a lefty millennial in Michigan who can use the internet but new to this decentralized stuff… just trying to find community while asshole billionaires wreck the easier-to-access stuff