It’s kind of a special day. Me and my alts are celebrating 7 years on fedi. 🎈🎂
I created my very first mastodon account on 08/10/2018 and it’s been quite the adventure.
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* This week marks a #Fediversary on my current host #CyberPlace
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Oh, hey, like so many people, it's my third #fediversary today! I love it here. I love meeting people who are different from me and learning how they rock. ("Rock" was an autocorrect from "tick," but I think it's just as good, so I left it.)
I still know almost nothing, thanks to breaking my brain, but I enjoy hearing about what everyone is up to. I try to spread happiness and understanding as much as I can, because there's too much sadness and badness in the world.
If you're reading this, I love you. Even Nicole, whoever you are. ❤️
Three years ago, I hesitantly signed up on my first instance on Fedi and staggered out onto the social media stage for the first time in my life. Why I chose Mastodon for this, is more of a why not, than a why. It was during the great Twitter wave and I'd read a few things about it and it seemed like a good a place as any.
The first thing I did was search the hashtags (even I knew to do that) for my autistic brethren. From that day to this, I have not been disappointed in what I found. Either in the welcome, or the sense of community. Or even, possibly, that I've never come across a bigger bunch of weirdos, misfits and malcontents in all my life (😆) And yet you have all found a place in my heart.
I have learnt and grown so much by being here and continue to learn and broaden my understanding of not just autism, but so much else because of you all. For this and for so much more, I cannot thank you all enough. All of you who make up the Fediverse and who make this such a special place.