You matter.

Happy Solis, img from Nasa

Just a note to the new folk.
Yes right now this place is glitching every once and a while.
With about 400 new users an hour... J is working hard to stabilize the load on the servers.
Remember this place is run by 1 guy, not a team.
So have a little patience.

@SimpleVitality Hello, and welcome to CounterSocial.
If you need it, there's a user guide at https://counter.social/userguide.pdf
If you have questions, just ask. We're a friendly bunch and we don't mind. Please feel free to join in any conversation that interests you

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You like the good feel of CoSo?

That’s because of YOU and what you bring to the community—ease and willingness, hope and possibility, smarts and creativity.

Remember that this community is ALL of us 🙂

#cosorocks #cosolove

Man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pleads not guilty to all state charges during initial court appearance
https://cnn.it/3DraUri

May November be good to all of you.

https://scitechdaily.com/better-than-opiates-pain-relief-without-side-effects-and-addiction/

This is so important for those of us in chronic pain. I'm riddled with osteoarthritis, but opiods and NSAIDs are not options due to my IBS-C and history of ulcers. Steroid injections have been kinda meh.

HOWTO get a good CoSo experience.

Click on profiles, follow people. Posts from the people you follow will show up in your friends feed which will be less stressful than the firehose feed.

Use the search function to search for hashtags and usernames. Use hashtags in your posts.

Write something, anything. You'll notice that real people will interact with you!

Here's the CoSo user guide:

https://counter.social/userguide.pdf

Play around with CoSo, explore, have fun!

Some of y’all are so angry right out of the box.
I get that maybe you’re used to fly-off-the-handle reactive & argumentative folks elsewhere.
Take a deep breath. No one is out to get you here. That’s not what CoSo is about.

Not every post needs a reply, not every reply needs acknowledgement.

Utilize the mute & block features if someone’s posts or replies bother you.

Hi there! Welcome Happy Halloween, here's a Counter Social User Guide link for you https://counter.social/userguide.pdf

A good account to follow here is @CoSoTips

A handy hashtag for searching is (#)CoSoTips (remove the parenthesis)

CoSo Tip… the symbols at the bottom of posts

The Star = I read this, I heard you, and the post shows up in the original poster’s notification column.
The circular arrow or boost = I read this and I’d like all my followers to have a chance to read it, the original post will end up in your friends’ column.
The left arrow = reply… here’s my loving snarky 2 cents on your original post 🥰🥰🥰
#cosotip

There are many CoSonauts asking what they can do to help out.
IMO, Greeting and helping one another get their sea legs beneath them is a huge help. Which many have done👏
That way our Capt. (@)th3j35t3r can continue doing his thing behind the curtains. Yes, he is a one man show.
Another way to help out is to consider going Pro or donating. In case you are not aware, we are 100% crowd funded.

Have you noticed no advertising or bots or trolls? Nice, isn't it.
https://counter.social/supportcoso.html
#cosotips

Blessed Samhain CoSo! Happy Halloween!

#CoSoTips

For the new folks

If you are using CoSo on the web, did you know that there are keyboard shortcuts ?

The list is available all the time. Go to the far right column and find and click on the word "keys"...

Or select the far right column and hit "?"