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Hello, I’m a 40-year-old fiction writer who loves horror movies and punk rock. This is my first post and I don’t know what I am doing.

Wow, people actually responded to my post. This… is crazy. I think I need to take a moment. I was not prepared for actual engagement. With actual people.

@Apocryphiliac Morning 🙂 You managed to set your profile picture so you are doing better than most 😉 The userguide is here counter.social/userguide.pdf and are useful. If you get stuff just post and ask for help - someone will help you.

@Mandypar omg there’s an official user guide? Ok, I’m genuinely excited now.😆

@Apocryphiliac It may be a little out of date as we have more stuff now, but it is a good start on the basics. Just beware spending too much time here using all the parts of the site instead of writing, a bit like I need to focus on reading lol

@Mandypar never enough time in the day. Like I just bought a book today—why? I still have hundreds lying around I’ve yet to read!

@Apocryphiliac 🤫 In Goodreads, I have the Want to Read list but then two sublists - the In Queue list and the In Queue 2 list. (I probably have more books on my Kindle Fire that are in none of those lists lol) Thankfully my book review schedule is in my calendar (it is organised honestly).

@Mandypar good on you, I mostly just flit between things in a totally hectic and unorganized fashion. Been meaning to use Goodreads to, if nothing else, just keep track of what I’m reading, even what books I have? But I think I’ve been on there for a decade or more by now without ever having really used it… heh.

@Apocryphiliac Welcome! I've been here 3 days and still can't change my avi! LOL

@Heavymetalmotherindisguise @Apocryphiliac image for avi has size restrictions, with a small but ?red? error showing midscreen after upload attempt if too large.
Save is down at bottom, after any profile changes.

:)

@Apocryphiliac I didn’t either, but nobody judged me for it, and everyone helped me a lot. Welcome!

@Apocryphiliac welcome! Newby here too! Just explore and discover, that's all I'm doing. 🤔

@Apocryphiliac Welcome abaord🙂 Feel free to dive right in as we're quite a friendly bunch here👍

@Apocryphiliac

take time if you want to :)

we but many of us are really ... nice?

@Lazarus_Rizen Hey, cool! I like that music! And I did love Diablo before I spawned. 👍 The fireplace generator looks interesting… will have to circle back and check it out some more.

@Apocryphiliac Welcome home, internet stranger! Soundscapes are awesome.
I like using the fireplace-gen or the "rain-on-a-tent"-gen (mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/camp) with old diablo-esque instrumentals while I study or work sometimes. It helps a lot somehow. 😅😁
PS love your username. Very clever! I myself am no apocryphobe!

@Lazarus_Rizen lol I’ve been using this s/n for years and this is the first time anyone has ever even mentioned it. 😂 Yeah, I love that combination of weather and string instruments. I can see why you would find it helpful. 🙂

@Apocryphiliac See - this is a much better place with no trolls and no bots - just humans of varying varieties 😉

@Mandypar I frankly am thrown off a bit, lol. Used to getting an occasional “like” from like the same 2-3 people and no replies. That lack of expectation is so ingrained in me that it may have become part of my entire online persona DNA. I am likely to need a recalibration period. 😂

@Apocryphiliac welcome to a place where you're not screaming into the void!

This is a nice corner of the internet!

@ceb Are you guys luring me into a shipping container or something? Fool me once… 😅

@ceb @lilyunsub Nice job on getting all those blacked-out helicopters so quiet, though! 😉😅😂

@Apocryphiliac hehehe i remember my first post. you get used to it. :)

it's nice here.

@Apocryphiliac I know weird isn't it ... a social network that is actually sociable ... I thought the same when I first joined🙂

@th3heal3r I’m so looking forward to NOT hearing about crypto currency. 😹

@Apocryphiliac lol :-) glad to hear. CoSo is filled with special people.

@Museek well *something* is certainly afoot here, that’s for sure! 😂

@Apocryphiliac
Sorry,
We should have warned you.
People here actually care and engage.

I also write a bit..
See

counter.social/@corlin/1079405

@corlin Nice! I’m not sure why I couldn’t “star/like” that, but I tried hard to. 😁

@Apocryphiliac
That was because it was on my PLP, Public Landing Page.

You can turn that on or off in your preferences. It allows one to link posts to outside of CoSo.

@Apocryphiliac welcome! Also a horror fan with a penchant for punk rock sensibilities 😂 ❤️

@lilyunsub Awesome! I see you have some projects happening… I will check them out! 🤘✌️

@Apocryphiliac gracias amigo! Working on my first comic atm, script is finished and the artist starts on it beginning of next month. pretty excites ❤️

@Apocryphiliac Welcome, Apo. Lots of creative types here. We all like to share our passion as well as make small talk, discuss topics of interest, and just enjoy the company.

@BlueStateBabe thanks! Sounds great! I can do for some good company after the past few years, as we all can, I’m sure. 👍✌️

@Apocryphiliac
Hi! Welcome. I love horror movies, or, well, really the ghost sub-genre of horror movies.

@Apocryphiliac ~ hi ~ here's one quick pointer:
See the little "three dot" display at the bottom of my comment, to right of little star?

If clicked, a box appears: the top entry is "Expand this status" > to me that's a fast way to see all replies in a thread.

Other functions I've not used much, in that box (like "Delete the slacker and their çhit comment" (jes' kiddin'))

🎯

@Apocryphiliac Welcome to CS, A!

Here is the User Guide:

counter.social/userguide.pdf

Some suggestions:

Follow people. Join in on conversations. Ask questions. Introduce yourself with a post telling something about yourself, and using the Hashtag of . Look for Hashtags in related to your interests. Enjoy the site!

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