Hello, I have no clue what I am doing, but hello world this looks fun
@DallasBarnett hi dallas!!!
@Paige814 If you need a hand of have a question, just include #help with your query and one of our helpful hosts will be along to assist. Also, We have a tame AI that is very helpful. just ask @Alfred anything and he will set you right!
Free Pizza in the break room , movie nights and pancake wars.. Welcome to Fhloston Paradise !
@DallasBarnett @Alfred thank you dallas, i am poking around, managed to log myself out ! This is fun I need a place to highlight my interests without trolls and any drama. x
@Paige814 It's pretty fortress-like here.. @th3j35t3r is fairly on top of things. If you get any grief, just hit that report button and watch the
@DallasBarnett @th3j35t3r thank you I will try not to use that button lol I should imagine there isnt much need for it here, I cant believe how calm it is
@Paige814 It's fairly chill.. Building up more of an international flavour finally, so thats good.. I'm an ex-American in Auckland NZ .. you ?
@DallasBarnett Im British so if I come out with strange slang thats why! I am adding the euro trash aspect, very important to all social media lol x
@Paige814 hahah .. I mix good old Kiwi humour with cursing like a Yank dockworker..
apologies in advance.
@DallasBarnett Oh i love it, I can be a bit cheeky too, and I can curse like a sailor, especially if the name boris johnson pops up without warning lol
@Paige814 You can biff all that nonsense with filters, you can find it under settings . It really calms the firehose down.
@DallasBarnett that is really cool lol...so you can get a completely tailored feed...great if you have very specialised interests
@Paige814 My feed is full of funny people, music, D&D, science, art, cool cars and bikes, and no-bloody elmo
@DallasBarnett I had a feeling it might be lol you had me at hello I\ve already followed you! 🤣
@DallasBarnett do you like cheeky memes? I occasionally break down and post those, I am so sad lol
@Paige814 I communicate mostly through gifs.. haha
@DallasBarnett gif interpretive dance date tonight at 8pm sound good? LOL
@Paige814 ooo... I'm not permitted to dance outside a 70's mosh pit.
Happy to stand here and shoe-gaze and watch though .
@DallasBarnett @Paige814 @Alfred MULTI PASS
@DallasBarnett Yeah, too bad for him honestly. Sucks to have such a shitty illness.@Paige814
Welcome!
It's easy, just folks hanging out and talking :)
Social media with the emphasis on social.
Maybe follow @CoSoTips as a good starting point, but also don't be afraid to ask questions.
And we have a user guide here: https://help.counter.social
Enjoy!
hello & welcome.
you'll get used to the way things work as you play w/ it. press ALLL the buttons. you won't break anything 😋
if the site is overwhelming at 1st glance:
click on your handle > edit profile > preferences > ostrich mode > save changes.
check out the user guide - it's linked in the 3rd pinned post on my profile.
if you get stuck, #cosonauts
are a helpful bunch, too.
happy to have you here. 😊
@Paige814 welcome! 😃🌻
@Paige814 Welcome to CS, Paige!
Here is the User Guide:
https://help.counter.social/en/latest/
Some suggestions:
Follow people. Ask questions. Just Post them out. Join conversations that interest you. Post music, art, pets, articles pertaining to your interests. Enjoy the site!
@MisterE thanks!!! I'm just stumbling around, accidentally logged myself out twice! I have saved the links so i can trouble shoot before i start pestering ppl lol
@Paige814 There is a little Search box under the big banner upper-left.
Put cosotips ( with a # before it ), hit enter and click on the one with people in it.
@Paige814 If you get stuck for how to do something, just POST your question, and you should get an answer pretty quickly.
@MisterE thank you Mister, i always feel like the thickest one in the room so I'll go to the user guide before embarrassing myself 😅
@Paige814 Everybody has to do that in one way or another. Welcome and enjoy!
@Paige814 Welcome! Haere Mai!