BoingBoing move to substack

I am going thru and editing/deleting my posts.

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WTF? I missed most of the clickbait since I usually only went to the BBS and those got pushed down relatively quickly. With no way to separate the chum Iā€™m probably done as well. I was originally planning to give it a bit more of a try, but with the community here, I donā€™t think it matters any more,

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I muted its stories, but occasionally visited the comments first. Yuck.

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Oh, 100% for me.

With everything going on during the pandemic, and not only globally, just the opportunity to exchange info, notes, stories with smart folks with a wide range of sensibly-held, often hard-won perspectives, and diverse expertise and backgrounds, was a balm for my soul.

Iā€™ll admit it took me a while to get the rhythm of the place, and Iā€™ll probably never hang out at the Meme threads (too bright for me), but the BBS bent and stretched my brain in all kinds of ultimately healthy ways.

I think they seriously misjudged that. It takes a lot to upset me like that.

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No idea how ended up on that list. Kinda think it was because I posted a lot.

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Well, you ended up here because we value you!

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And the hammer has come down. Someone is not amused.

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He needs to channel less Zuko and more Iroh

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In addition to that I suspect that the median Substack customer is some rando with opinions. That an established site does relatively well early on does not seem far-fetched.

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Soooo much
drama

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I guess weā€™ll see how it plays out for them. How much of a draw was the community? Because most of the people I actually valued the opinions of have already left and come over here.

Be interesting to revisit this in December and see how they fare through November:

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Hey, many thanks for the invite, very happy thereā€™s a place to continue the conversations, learning and humor I so valued in the BBS.

Hopefully Iā€™m a good addition here, at the very least, it makes me feel pretty good, so a big thanks for that.

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Welcome :slight_smile: glad you made it over

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So this is the secret party on the lifeboat from the BoingBoing iceberg? (appreciate the ability to italicize at least ā€¦looks quite Discourse-y?)

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It is. And Iā€™m so glad to see you!

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Quite glad to see you-all! It was hard to see anyone at substack zone.

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Youā€™re here!

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Hiya fellow mutant fugitives

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BAND NAME!!

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