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@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. That’s not insurmountable, of course; I was considering setting up a throwaway on some More Reputable Than Most™ email service to fill out a tilde sign-up form, but I started to feel a little overwhelmed so I figured it’s something I can sleep on and figure out what I want to do about it later (I know that sounds ridiculous, but 𝘤’𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦).
Jun 18 · 6 months ago
🚀 totroptof · 2023-06-18 at 20:39:
@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 it’s okay to short-circuit some of those stages of triple/quadruple guessing myself 🙂
☕️ Morgan · 2023-06-19 at 06:28:
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 :)
🐝 Addison · 2023-06-25 at 03:13:
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.
Hi — Hello there! I’ve been browsing some capsules over the last couple of days and I’ve quite enjoyed reading people’s gemlogs and their associated replies. Having the opportunity to meet some friends, read and discuss other people’s ideas and have others read mine all seems really quite appealing, so I’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? It’...