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Comment by ๐Ÿ˜Ž Smokey

Re: "Hi"

In: u/totroptof

q1: Just make up a psudonymn/nick name you haven't used before and don't share too much doxxing information such as exact location, where you work, birthday.

q2: Don't worry about it, gemini isn't a fourm with modderators, and most of us are pretty chill. Station is the OG gemini social capsule that contains a huge repository of valuable information from people who have come and gone over the years. Martin who host Station is a very nice dude. Don't worry about online ettiqutee here, you do you. as long as you aren't an ass you'll do fine.

q3: once a day for posting on aggregators is common ettiquite to not spam your own stuff over other peoples.

๐Ÿ˜Ž Smokey

2023-06-18 ยท 5 months ago

9 Later Comments โ†“

๐Ÿš€ jsreed5

Welcome to Gemini! I can't speak to your first question, as I self-host and am not really pseudonymous--there's even a real photo of me on my capsule. Regarding question 2, it's common for people to read through long post and gemlog histories, and reply to months- or even years-old posts. Personally, I love when someone responds to an old post I've made! Regarding your third question, as Gemini doesn't have a notification system other than Atom feeds, there's literally no such thing as updating your capsule too frequently. My only reason to space out posts would be to ensure that I myself don't get burned out on posting. Hope to see you around!

๐Ÿš€ stack

Welcome! There are no rules, but there is an understanding that one should not be an asshole... It's hard to define, but you know it when someone is being one.

๐Ÿš€ totroptof

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and the advice. Iโ€™m now set up with a new capsule ๐ŸŽ‰

โ€” totroptof.capsule.town

๐Ÿš€ stack

BTW, there are a number of tilde servers that may be used to keep your gemini stuff _and_ keep (or forward) your email...

๐Ÿฆ€ jeang3nie

First off, welcome to Gemini and to Bubble. Sounds like you found a host that suits your needs, so that's good.

You can be a anonymous as you like. I don't generally use my real name but it's not particularly hard to find it, and I do use it in email correspondence.

Personally I'm thrilled with any response to my posts, even if it's to point out where I'm wrong or to say "you misspelt these three things". I don't think there's any particular feeling about necrobumping around here like there is on the http web. In particular due to the slower pace of everything in Gemini, I doubt anyone will ever really care. Bubble seems to be speeding up communication a bit, but there's still an awful lot of back and forth via gemlog posts.

๐Ÿš€ totroptof

@stack: Yeah, there are a few that look like nice communities, but the ones I was looking at all (understandably) wanted an existing email address first. Thatโ€™s not insurmountable, of course; I was considering setting up a throwaway on some More Reputable Than Mostโ„ข email service to fill out a tilde sign-up form, but I started to feel a little overwhelmed so I figured itโ€™s something I can sleep on and figure out what I want to do about it later (I know that sounds ridiculous, but ๐˜คโ€™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ).

๐Ÿš€ totroptof

@jeang3nie: Thanks for the welcome, and your openness to relatively insubstantial replies is good to know about! When looking through some of the stuff that had previously caught my eye I was already starting to doubt whether I really had anything meaningful to contribute, but now I know that if I see your name then itโ€™s okay to short-circuit some of those stages of triple/quadruple guessing myself ๐Ÿ™‚

โ˜•๏ธ Morgan

Fortunately there is no strict requirement to contribute meaningfully ;) I think it's a bit the opposite, Gemlogs are usually personal and casual. So, no pressure to perform :)

2023-06-19 ยท 5 months ago

๐Ÿ Addison

For identities, I use different domain names that point to separate capsules.

As far as posting frequency goes, I try to interact with the social/blogging side of Gemini sparingly. The most active I get is when I'm updating bug tickets for my app.

I see nothing wrong with folks who want to post daily. If they get annoying, Antenna has a filter feature.

2023-06-25 ยท 4 months ago

Original Post

๐Ÿš€ totroptof

Hi โ€” Hello there! Iโ€™ve been browsing some capsules over the last couple of days and Iโ€™ve quite enjoyed reading peopleโ€™s gemlogs and their associated replies. Having the opportunity to meet some friends, read and discuss other peopleโ€™s ideas and have others read mine all seems really quite appealing, so Iโ€™m looking to participate in your community! That said, I have a couple of questions about technical and etiquette issues: How does capsule hosting work for the more paranoid among you? Itโ€™...

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