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Folks, - After the herculean effort to get COSO up, in a severe twist of ironic fate nobody can go PRO right now - it's a certificate thing.

I'll fix it tomorrow.

Welcome new users!

I woke up this morning to a bird repeatedly trying to get in my bedroom window.

Certainly an allegory for the reason I'm on this site right now, isn't it?

Also, seems an appropriate time and social media platform to post the bumper stickers I had made last year. 😁

Maybe need a new one in blue β€œmy social media platform CEO” and β€œbut the platform is almost acceptable”

LOL - this was in the β€œdrafts” on my phone app from this morning. Apparently the sudden influx meant it didn’t send. So you get it late:

My breakfast is happy to see you.

Let me tell you a little about myself and what I intend to post here. I write fiction that centers LGBT2QIA+ characters who are just living their lives. I write essays/blog posts about my life, my passions, and my opinions. I also will be sharing photos of the lovely Mx. Ada "Mittens" Lovelace who happens to be a cat and is one of the best people I know. For the most part I will make every effort to bring a little light to your day.
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[reposting my answer to "why CoSo" for all to see]

I despise "social media" but love CoSo

most social media sites are a cesspool of influencers, algorithms, ads, bots, trolls, and generally all the worst aspects of the internet distilled and concentrated to fuel engagement via outrage

CoSo is just folks being folks...real people posting things and interacting with one another like we'd do at a pub or coffee shop or book club etc

I wouldn't be here if it were anything like twitter

PSA - I'm working behind the scenes to increase capacity and get everything running smooth again. Bear with me, apologies for any glitches or outages.

Warning to my longer-term CoSo followers, you'll see more soccer Toots now that a bunch of my soccer-following pals are migrating over here from Twitter. If you don't like The Beautiful Game, mute and to avoid those Toots from me.

Also, this is my only account over here, unlike Twotter, where I have separate "more work appropriate" and "personal" accounts. With the lack of trolls and bad-faith-actors here, combined with the better security/privacy controls, I don't feel the need to separate out as much.

My account here is usually on the semi-private "Unlisted" mode, where my Toots don't appear in the "Firehose", but are visible to all if you click through. I'll restore that in a few days.

Welcome, new people! Enjoy the pet pictures, enjoy the reasonable discourse, enjoy the lack of trolls and bots!

Firehose normally isn't quite this busy, but with a lot of new people, it will soon be "unusable regularly". Find people you want to follow now before it gets too overloaded!

If I understand correctly, all new accounts here must have an animal picture in their first post.

Facebook made me angry.
Twitter made me furious.
Reddit made me curious.
But only CoSo encouraged me to be kind.

Yeesh! Made it, but what a pattern to get there!

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Giggle. One word will be triggering for some people.

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