@everton137 Sooort of. Met someone IRL, realised we had a mutual connection on the fediverse, and then coordinated on here the next time we wanted to catch up in person.
Although there are definitely people I've encountered here that I would make an effort to meet up with if we were ever in the same city.

@everton137 not that I hadn't already met before Fediverse, unsure if old aquaintances counts :)?

@everton137 I'm not sure if they'll all appreciate being tagged (probably yes, but I'll err on the side of caution). I met up with three folks from fedi at Pride marches this June. Two were fellow biklists and the other graciously helped me hand out so many stickers!

Another fedi friend and I met up for a chat and sticker exchange before I moved away from my old neighbourhood. She also lent me lockpicks, in my vain attempt to free my bike from the consequences of my own negligence 🙏🏻✨

@everton137 yes, several times:
- I posted a picture of a mural and someone recognized the place. We had a coffee together. It was nice but a bit awkward.
- I went out with a couple of friends I made here. We speak regularly outside mastodon too.
- I also attended a fedi-event with people from my instance. It was nice to put a face on some avatars.

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Yes. Kind Mastodonian who doesn't even follow me came and helped me out of a serious bind when Icelandair destroyed my suitcase on the first leg of a long flight (I'm disabled...hard to move with broken suitcase wheels).

Another kind Mastodonian helped me when there was no accessible way to get across railroad tracks to my hotel and back. They picked me up and we also hung out at a café talking for hrs.

Also at #Spezi2026 , where Fediverse folks also like "funny bikes". Hopefully I can afford to attend next year and we can have another meetup.

https://mas.to/@FolksVelo/116472630010367184

@everton137 My landlord had my water and sewer shut off (probables with the whole building, everyone's got shut off) and when it would be turned back on kept getting delayed and it was Friday and I whined on here about how it was awful and someone said "hey my wife says it's cool if you want to come crash in the guest room and use our shower and toilet". And so I made some in person friends that Saturday, though the "activity" was mostly sitting around their living room and making fun of stuff on TV. Also cooking some stuff. None of us are very exciting people.

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- met up at a pub
- met up at a protest
- met up at pride
- met up at a park
- met up when I travelled x5 recently.
- organised a dinner for a visitor
- almost went on an travel adventure with someone I've never met in person, but timing didn't work out.

@everton137 @evan Not yet, for me. Or rather: all the fedi people I’ve met, I’m p sure we connected elsewhere, so it doesn’t really feel like a fedi meet

@everton137 I meet people from the recumbent scene quit often.

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I have and it was fun. We've met several times.

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coffee with some followers will being in their town.

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Not done really something together, but met people offline at concert, which we both said ,we will go to the concert xyz.
Not sure if that counts.

@everton137 Not yet, but I have got a lot of IRL friends from the internet, so I believe it's only a matter of time.