BoingBoing move to substack

Heikki · October 30, 2024, 4:12pm

Still fucking crying.

MerelyGifted · October 30, 2024, 4:15pm

Face it! You are loved, baby! Isn’t it snif wonderful?!

so happy cant stop crying

MerelyGifted · October 30, 2024, 4:29pm

ANB is harshing waaay hard on Orenwolf.

An Ąṩîðɛ:
Gosh, can ya tell I lived near El Lay, Coliforniyah in 92-94?! Dude!

cheem1 · October 30, 2024, 4:37pm

He seems to be harshing on Mark, which I honestly don’t really mind after that gaslighting he’s tried to lay on us.

Abe_the_honest · October 30, 2024, 4:37pm

It’s a wild guess, but I think he has not gotten over the “anger” phase of grief. /s

MerelyGifted · October 30, 2024, 4:46pm

Oh?! Better change my settings then!

I usually liked ANB’s contributions, but this harshiness is going much too far, and w/o any of the results they want. /disappointed face

Still, there are soooo many great folks coming into the cafe! We’ll hafta rearrange the tables, and help build an addition on the back and W side of the building. I know a great contractor - does fantastic work & a thundering good fellow.

miasm · October 30, 2024, 4:46pm

looking_around

Millie_Fink · October 30, 2024, 4:49pm

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navarro · October 30, 2024, 5:01pm

hi tammi. did i abandon bluesky to soon? is there something useful or good to come back to? should i pick up posting texture photos like i never stopped? anyways, good seein’ you.

that doesn’t refute my thesis, a carefully curated presence with a well-defined boundary and the will to remain within it is exactly the kind of non-nazi they need for this to have any hope of working. good to see you again. my presence has been scanty lately at bb but i have a solid history with the site.

this fork is hard for me to process, even metaphors come with pain.

Heikki · October 30, 2024, 5:04pm

No objections here.

Tammi_2.0 · October 30, 2024, 5:07pm

BlueSky is the kind of place you have to interact quite a bit to get any traction. Once you find your crowd, though, there’s plenty of good people, with a VERY strong troll-blocking-on-sight vibe.

I like it. I’ve made genuine friends there.

Bonivus_elderheart · October 30, 2024, 5:18pm

:: Sticks nose in, notices that their “preferred” icon was pulled from the Googles automatigically ::

Thank you for the invite! It is appreciated.

“I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED!” - Zorg, The Fifth Element

Dogbutler · October 30, 2024, 5:29pm

Yet another reason for a range of emoji reactions.
Your Gran sounds brilliant!

Heikki · October 30, 2024, 5:34pm

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Abe_the_honest · October 30, 2024, 5:38pm

That’s entirely too short a timeline.

Melizmatic · October 30, 2024, 5:40pm

I already did, thanks.

However, it’s all raw text.

Millie_Fink · October 30, 2024, 5:45pm

I hope we’re all aware that some of us have good, strong reasons for very much not wanting to invite certain bbsers?

Heikki · October 30, 2024, 5:46pm

We “active, valued, and important members of the BBS community” got a day more then the rest.

I still feel horrible for the others. The fact that I’m here feels wrong.

Melizmatic · October 30, 2024, 5:48pm

You were Vermes there, correct?

I would have nominated you regardless.

One thing that needs to be made clear is that we are a self selecting community here.

THAT PART.

I’m not okay with any disruptive agitators and bad faith actors being included, regardless if they were long term members of the other site.

Millie_Fink · October 30, 2024, 5:48pm

Not for long, I hope!