@profanepsyche your voice rebounds off the forest canopy and from a distance you hear a friendly "hello."
For those wondering why photos taken from a phone might be rotated incorrectly when posting:
CoSo strips all EXIF data while uploading (for your safety and privacy). Among other things, that data may include rotation info, and wiping that out may cause your photos to un-rotate. This is a known bug, on the list to be addressed down the line.
To correct in the short term, make a small edit to your photo of any type, save that copy, and upload again.
NEW PEOPLE Welcome
Please understand our platform
We are not like twitter following is not a big deal .....people with lots of followers is not a thing.... if someone has a lot it just means they are welcoming and friendly..We value communication . not prestige. this is not a clique.like you had in junior high.
@Cat_Hurder @Irishpoppy Yesterday it was ~20k
Patience grasshoppers. When there is change, it can be overwhelming. we get that, felt it too when we were new. Release expectations that things are, should be or will be the same as from where you came. They aren't, they aren't meant to be & they won't be. That's why COSO is unique.
Sit back, relax, read the user's guide (ink is in my profile), & be patient w/our host who is extremely busy tweaking all things to make this your best experience. Expect hiccups, it's ok, it will smooth out. 💜
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Another #Protip 🙂
Because CoSo doesn't promote content, new folks find accounts to follow through different ways
1. Watch the community firehose for interesting posts and follow
2. Check out hashtags, many of which are pinned on @realDDGlover 's account :)
3. Folks are friendly and you are welcome to join threads--find your tribe that way
#welcome and Enjoy!!
@JMHardin Not seeing you as a Pro user...you're safe here.
@daddyhope Welcome to CoSo! Your voice is important and I, for one, want to hear it.
PSA - https://counter.social will be temporarily going offline at 09:45AM for 30-60 minutes while we add more capacity to our infrastructure to cope with the current demand.
Good nite CoSo. A big welcome to all the new people. We have the opportunity to reset what social media was always meant to be - people being regular people looking for common interests, shared values and honest to goodness conversation. Again, many thanks to @th3j35t3r for building us this awesome place to gather. (Please get some sleep, J)
Seeing you when the sun rises...🌄
@MeLucia The difference here is quite noticeable. People actually interested in being social in an organic natural way and not manipulated by bots/trolls and algorithms. A sanctuary of sorts.
@corlin My guess is it has something to do with the algorithm. More followers = more "engagement" which pushes people to the top of the pile of being heard and more "influential"as a result.
All a bunch of nonsense in my opinion. I have no interest in playing king of the hill when what I hoped to find was social connection, interesting people offering different and thoughtful content. Finding that here....
Figured out the perks of #countersocial Pro!
- generated URL to share your profile anywhere
- Lock account: allows you to manually approve followers
- Post Privacy: make posts "unlisted" or posted to followers only
- COSOGuard Alerts: counter social will alert you if there's indications of data breach of your account
- ADMS: automatically delete DMs sent after 24 hours on both sides of the convo
- live news streams
count me in @th3j35t3r
@WeThePeople And the newly made t-shirt still has a crease.
Hey New CoSo Folks….
CoSo Tip: When you’re reading through posts and you want to know more… tap the text in the post and you can see all the responses and conversations associated with that post.
Maybe the question you’re thinking of has been answered 🥰
To create this linkage, when you are responding to a post, tap the left arrow in the original post and the conversation will thread 🪡.
Also… if there is more than one person in the original post CoSo gives the option of replying 1/2
@kel @kathrynresister over 15,000 in one day...just astonishing and amazing all rolled into a big WOW.
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For the folks who want to compare CoSo to other social media platforms, just remember—
All that you see here is due to one guy, ONE PERSON, doing this on his own and largely out of his own pocket.
Take a step back and marvel at what he has accomplished *by himself* relative to other platforms with all their money, staff, and resources.
One person has created a better, viable alternative.
A small transient speck in the spin & vortex. "When the student is ready, the teacher appears." Curious human. Active listener. Ponderer of now. Pro diversity.