Alison
Mama, grad student at UofT, coauthor of some unbooks about business
Joined Apr 2022
@BannedMathBooksof2022 great so far :)
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At work today I was grilled as to why the book Gender Queer was on our shelf, who does the ordering, what would I think that a 12 year old could check this book out, and if we had "trans story time".
My answers:
1. yes we have it.
2. a number of us do the ordering
3. We do not act as In loco parentis.
4. I think you are referring to a Drag Queen Story Time. No we don't, but that would be awesome.
Anyway, go check out Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe!
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For all you writers:
We have a thing here, we call "Microfiction".
A challenge to write a short, short story in 500 characters.
here is an example.
Alison
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Aside from the awesome lack of bots, trolls, and ads, you’ll also notice a lack of algorithm! It doesn’t matter how often or when you post. It doesn’t matter how many people you follow or have follow you back. Engage with folks you find interesting, enjoy the chronicle feed, and know that @th3j35t3r had lots of features baked in to keep us safe!
If you can, go Pro, or become a patron via Patreon, or make one off donations via Donor Box. If you can’t, it’s okay! We got you. ❤️
Toronto Metropolitan University
@Groovyeli I looked in the back! Like, is someone back there I didn’t know about.
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Fellow Cosonauts, welcome to Day 1. You have just been onboarded.
1. Be Patient.
2. Leave the hate out.
3. Connect and share.
4. Keep the pet pics coming in. We love it.
5. Repeat
@JasonDogwood that’s how I feel too. I’m struggling with the right thing to do
I have a rental car and there’s a warning when you turn it off to check for people in the backseat. Which is cool, and also I never had the kinds of kids you didn’t know were back there. Like for a second ;)
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Seeing a few new people asking about icons and other items of help. Below is the User Guide to review as well as an quick image as to update your profile icon.
@mavenofmayhem it makes me so happy to see you here, just wanted to tell you :)
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If over 20,000 people tried to join my own site in a few hours, it would be offline for weeks.
if we're new to a neighbourhood (especially if we arrive by the gazillions) and haven't contributed, we probably shouldn't complain while we learn the rules :)
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For the new folks:
CoSo represents an attempt to offer solutions to the problems that plague typical social media.
It represents GROWTH and BUILDING.
This place, its community, are constantly growing and evolving but the good-faith that is the bedrock of the platform remains.
We are all works in progress here. Give grace, receive grace.
💜
everyone is really helpful, thank you :)
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We're not a "Twitter alternative"
We're social media the way it was meant to be.
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If any of you new folks happen to spot a troll, rest assured that they're short lived.
They try to come here looking for trouble.
They quickly find it. 
@realDDGlover thank you :)
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All Newcomers…
Welcome to CoSo 😊
Here is the User Guide:
https://counter.social/userguide.pdf
Some suggestions:. Check out the profile of @realDDGlover for lists of Hashtags for interests. Just click ID and it will open on right-hand column. Scroll down through lists. Hashtags are explained on page 7 of the Guide above. Page 5 of the Guide tells how to change your AVI from an egg to an image of your choice.
Also, we love pet/animal pics. Here’s my cat saying”stop with the pics” 🤣💕🤣
Alison
Mama, grad student at UofT, coauthor of some unbooks about business
Joined Apr 2022