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 "?"

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 to find common interests. Just click ID and it will open in right-hand column. Hashtags are explained on page 7 of the Guide above.
Try # cosotips too.
Follow a few folks from the Firehose who interest you and settle into a friendly community.
Also, we love pet/animal pics. Here’s my cat saying ”stop with the pics” 🤣💕🤣

I used Twitter for news feed. Who should i follow for latest world news?

Just a note for the new folk trying to figure stuff out:

This site is run by one person (who is currently very, very busy keeping us afloat in the midst of a rapid growth spurt and DDoS attacks).

That’s okay, though, because people here support each other so that Jester can focus on the things only Jester can do.

The user guide is here: https://counter.social/userguide.pdf

Follow @CoSoTips (or the #CosoTips hashtag) for pointers, and use #help if you need help.

Welcome to #AnimalCaucusTrivia!!

If the timer runs out on the POLL, you can still answer the question…the timer is only there to make the game move along.

Please message me with any questions you may have about #Gamenight!

"What does SANITIZER mean?"

CounterSocial cares about your security. When you post a URL, the sanitizer will scrub personally identifiable information from your links. It also removes all metadata from your pictures.

If you ever wish to post a URL with tags intact, just add "nosanitize" (without quotes) to any part of the post text. #CoSoTips

Over on the other app, I put this thread out earlier today. Decided to share it here as well.

It was in response to this very understandable expression of frustration.

This is a problem. But there's also a partial -- not perfect -- remedy. 🧵